GIFT   OF 
G£. 


THE 


REVISED  ORDINANCES 


OF 


1892 


OF  THE 


CITY  OF  CAMBRIDGE 


AS  AMENDED  TO  NOVEMBER  8.  1899 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL 

UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF  THE  CITY  CLERK 


BOSTON 

E.  L.  GRIMES  CO.,  PRINTERS,  122  PEARL  STREET 
1914 


CITY   OF   CAMBRIDGE 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  as 
folloivs: — 

CHAPTER  i. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

SECTION   I.     All  by-laws  of  the  city  shall  be  termed  ordi-  Ordinances. 

Enacting    style 

nances;  and  the  enacting  style  shall  be,  "Be  it  ordained  by  the  of. 
city  council  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  as  follows."  ci.  15. 

SECT.  2.     All  ordinances  hereafter  passed  shall  be  recorded  P.  s.'c/28,'§  6. 
in  the  order  of  passage  by  the  city  clerk,  in  a  book  kept  for  Ordinances   to 
that  purpose,  with  proper  margins  and  index,  to  be  lettered, 
"Record  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Cambridge;"  which  book 
shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of   the  city  clerk,   subject  to  the 
inspection  of  the  citizens. 

SECT.  3.     All  ordinances  hereafter  passed  shall  be  published  Printing  and 

.  publication    of 

by  the  city  clerk  by  inserting  the  same  once  in  some  newspaper  ordinances, 
published  in  the  city,  and  shall  be  printed  with  the  City  Docu- 
ments of  the  year  next  subsequent  to  the  date  of  their  adop- 
tion ;  but  this  section  and  section  two  of  this  chapter  are 
directory  only,  and  a  failure  to  comply  with  the  same  shall  not 
affect  the  validity  of  any  ordinance. 

SECT.  4.     This  ordinance  shall  be  known  as  the  "Revised  Js°  «^ekinown 
Ordinances  of  1802,"  x  of  the  City  of  Cambridge,  as  amended  ^inances  of 

AT  -  ;  .   .  1892»  as  amended  to 

to  November  8,  1899,  and,  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the  same  Nov-  8.  1899." 
in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances,  it  shall  be 
construed  as  a  continuation  of  those  ordinances;  but,  subject  to 
the  said  limitation  and  to  the  provisions  of  the  next  section,  all 
ordinances  of  the  city  heretofore  in  force  are  hereby  repealed; 
but  this  repeal  shall  not  apply  to  or  affect  any  ordinance  here-   Not  to  affect 
tofore  adopted  accepting  or  adopting  the  provisions  of  any  accepting68 
statute  of  the  commonwealth.  statutes. 

SECT.  5.     This  ordinance  shall  not  affect  any  act  done,  any  Not  to  affect 
right  accrued,  any  penalty  incurred,  any  suit,  prosecution,  or 
proceeding  pending,   or  the   tenure   of   office  of   any   person 

1  Amended  July  30,  1900. 


296183 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  1. 


Not   to   affect 

certain  proceed- 
ings, tenure  of 
office,  etc. 


Power      to 
license. 


Employers    and 
other    persons 
liable    to    penalty. 


Construction    of 
the   words   "street' 
and   "streets." 


Construction    of 
the  words  "public 
grounds." 


Construction    of 
the  word  "owner.1 


Construction    of 
the  word  "tenant" 
or    "occupant." 


The    word 
"person." 
Words    giving 
joint    authority. 


Fines    and 

penalties    shall 

inure    to    use    of 

city. 

P.    S.   c.   27,   §§   19, 

130. 

P.S.    c.   28,    §   26. 


holding  office,  at  the  time  when  it  takes  effect,  nor  shall  the 
repeal  of  any  ordinance  have  the  effect  of  reviving  an  ordi- 
nance theretofore  repealed  or  superseded,  or  the  effect  of 
preventing  any  punishment  or  penalty  incurred  before  the 
repeal  took  effect,  o.r  of  interfering  with  any  suit,  prosecution 
or  proceeding  pending  at  the  time  of  the  repeal,  for  an  offence 
committed  under  the  ordinance  repealed. 

SECT.  6.  When  in  an  ordinance  anything  is  prohibited  from 
being  done  without  the  license  or  permission  of  a  certain 
officer,  officers  or  board,  such  officer,  officers  or  board,  shall 
have  the  power  to  license  or  permit  such  things  to  be  done. 

SECT.  7.  When  anything  is  prohibited  in  an  ordinance,  not 
only  the  persons  actually  doing  the  prohibited  thing,  but  also 
the  employers  and  all  other  persons  concerned  therein  shall  be 
liable  to  the  penalty  prescribed. 

SECT.  8.  The  words  "street"  and  ''streets/'  when  used  in  an 
ordinance,  shall  be  construed  as  including  public  ways,  alleys, 
lanes,  courts,  public  squares,  public  places  and  side-walks, 
unless  such. construction  would  be  inconsistent  with  the  mani- 
fest intent  of  the  ordinance. 

SECT.  9.  The  words  "public  grounds''  shall  include  the 
common  and  all  public  lands  placed  by  the  city  council  under 
the  charge  of  the  *  Park  Commissioners  or  the  Water  Board, 
and  those  parts  of  public  places  which  do  not  form  travelled 
parts  of  highways. 

SECT.  10.  The  word  "owner"  applied  to  a  building  or  land, 
shall  include  any  part  owner,  joint  owner,  tenant  in  common, 
or  joint  tenant,  of  the  whole  or  of  a  part  of  such  building  or 
land. 

SECT.  ii.  The  word  "  tenant  "  or  "  occupant,"  applied  to  a 
building  or  land  shall  include  any  person  who  occupies  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  such  building  or  land  either"  alcne  or  with 
others. 

SECT.   12.     The  word  "  person  "  shall  include  corporations. 

SECT.  13.  Words  purporting  to  give  a  joint  authority  to 
three  or  more  officers  or  other  persons  shall  be  construed  as 
giving  such  authority  to  a  majority  of  such  officers  or  persons. 

SECT.  14.  All  fines  and  penalties  for  the  violation  of  any 
ordinance,  or  any  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  shall,  when 
recovered,  inure  to  the  use  of  the  city,  and  be  paid  into  the 
city  treasury,  unless  it  be  otherwise  directed  by  the  laws  of 
the  commonwealth,  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

1  Amended  March  13.  ittH. 


CHAP.  1.]  GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

SECT.   15.     Whoever  violates  a  provision  of  any  ordnance 
of  the  city,  whether  included  in  these  Revised  Ordinances  or  prdisua°ce|f)  §§  15 
those  which  may  be  hereafter  enacted,  shall,  unless  other  pro-  16- 
vision  is  expressly  made,  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
one  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

SECT.   1 6.     The   following  departments  are  hereby  created,  sever" in depart-6 

T  ments  of  the  city. 

namely:  1891,  c.  364,  §  s, 

new   charter. 

Assessors  department. 

Auditing  department. 

Bridge  department. 

Cemetery  department. 

City  clerk  department. 

City  messenger  department. 

Clerk  of  committees  department. 

Engineering  department. 

Fire  department. 

Health  department. 

Inspection  and  construction  of  buildings  department. 

Inspection  and  supervision  of  electric  wires  department. 

Inspection  of  milk  and  vinegar  department. 

1  Inspection     of     provisions     and     animals     intended     for 
slaughter  or  kept  for  the  production  of  milk. 

Lamp  department. 

Law  department. 

Overseers  of  the  poor  department. 

2  Park  department. 
Police  department. 
Public  library  department. 

Sealer  of  weights  and  measures  department. 

Sewer  department. 

Sinking  iund  department. 

Street  department. 

Treasury  department. 

Water  works  department. 

Each  of  the  several  departments  shall  be  under  the  charge  beePundeerntchai0ge 
and  management  of  the  officers  or  boards  designated  in  the  £aVeet|eWn?iyor   to 
respective  chapters  relating  thereto,  all  to  be  under  the  general  isffi;r*fsigjji,   §  s. 
supervision  and  control  of  the  mayor. 

1  Amended    May    10,    1893. 

2  Amended    July    11^    1893. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CllAP.  2. 


CHAPTER  <2. 


Mayor    to    enforce 
the     laws     and 
ordinances,    etc. 
1891,    c.    364,    §§    8, 
35. 


May     summon 
heads    of    depart- 
ments. 
1891,    c.    364,    §    8. 

May  call  special 
meetings  of  the 
city  council. 


Shall    gi\e    infor- 
mation   to    city 
council,    etc. 
1891r    c.    364,    §    8. 


Shall      make      ap- 
pointments   to    fill 
vacancies,    tem- 
porary and  other- 
wise. 
1891.    c.    364,    §    9. 


Shall    approve    all 
bonds    of    ci^y 
officers. 


All      deeds,      etc., 
given   by   the   city 
to  be  signed,  etc., 
by    the   mayor. 
1891.    c.    364,    §    12. 


THE    EXECUTIVE. 

SECTION  I.  The  mayor  shall  at  all  times  cause  the  laws  of 
the  Commonwealth  and  the  ordinances,  orders  and  regulations 
of  the  city  to  be  executed  and  enforced  by  the  proper  officers ; 
shall  exercise  general  supervision  and  control  over  the  official 
acts  and  conduct  of  all  officers,  and  shall  take  proper  action 
to  cause  every  violation  and  neglect  of  duty  on  their  part  to  be 
punished.  He  may,  at  any  time,  summon  the  heads  of  depart- 
ments and  subordinate  officers  before  him  for  information, 
consultation  and  advice  upon  the  affairs  of  the  city. 

SECT.  2.  He  may  call  special  meetings  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  and  of  the  common  council,  or  either,  whenever  in 
his  opinion  the  interests  of  the  city  so  require,  by  causing  a 
written  notice  to  be  left  at  the  usual  dwelling-place  of  each 
member  of  the  board  or  boards  to  be  convened. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  communicate  to  said 
boards,  respectively,  such  information  concerning  the  affairs  of 
the  city,  together  with  his  suggestions  and  recommendations 
relating  thereto,  as  the  interests  of  the  city  shall  in  his  judg- 
ment require. 

SECT.  4.  Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  an  office  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  the  mayor  with  the  confirmation  of  the 
board  of  aldermen,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  some  person,  sub- 
ject to  such  confirmation,  to  hold  the  office  for  the  remainder 
of  the  unexpired  term  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and 
confirmed,  and  whenever  any  person  holding  such  office  shall 
be  temporarily  disabled  from  discharging  the  duties  of  his 
office  the  mayor  shall  designate  some  other  officer  or  person  to 
perform  the  duties  of  such  office  during  the  period  of  such 
disability. 

SECT.  5.  The  bond  of  every  city  officer  of  whom  a  bond  is 
required,  and  the  sureties  offered  upon  the  same,  shall  be 
approved  by  the  mayor  before  the  officer  enters  upon  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties. 

SECT.  6.  All  deeds,  conveyances,  leases  and  other  instru- 
ments, which  shall  be  given  by  the  city,  and  which  must  be 
signed,  sealed  and  acknowledged,  shall  be  signed  and  acknowl- 
edged and  delivered  on  behalf  of  the  city,  by  the  mayor,  who 


CHAP.  2.]  THE    EXECUTIVE. 

shall  affix  thereto  the  city  seal.    But  this  provision  shall  not  be  ^n^eftain*  may 
construed  to  prevent  any  officer  from  executing  any  convey-  instruments, 
ance,   lease,  contract  or  other  instrument  in  performing  the 
duties  devolving  upon  him. 

SECT.  7.     Whenever  the  amount  due  and  payable  on  any  Mayor   shall 

'  discharge    and 

mortgage  belonging  to  the  city  is  paid  to  the  treasurer,  he  shall  assign   mortgages, 
certify  the  same  to  the  mayor,  who  shall  thereupon  discharge 
the  mortgage;  or  he  may  assign  the  same,  without  liability  of 
or  recourse  to  the  city,  and  for  that  purpose  shall  execute  and 
deliver  all  necessary  papers. 

SECT.  8.     When  a  person  entitled  to  redeem  an  estate  sold  Mayor  may 

release   tax   titles. 

for  nonpayment  of  taxes  or  assessments  and  purchased  by  the 
city,  makes  application  for  such  redemption,  the  mayor  may, 
on  the  payment  to  the  treasurer  of  the  amount  due  to  the  city 
on  such  estate,  execute  in  behalf  of  the  city  any  and  all  legal 
instruments  that  may  be  necessary  to  transfer  the  city's  title 
to  such  estate. 

SECT.  9.     The  mayor  shall  approve  all  drafts  drawn  by  the  ?JSilor*?prove 
city  auditor  upon  the  city  treasurer;  and  with  the  treasurer  flrafts- 
and  auditor  shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes  and  certificates  of  in-  ghall  gi<rn  al| 
debtedness  issued  for  loans  to  the  city  authorized  by  the  city  c^ydsel°f  the 
council. 

SECT.   10.     The  mavor  shall   appoint,  subject  to  confirma-  simii    appoint 

'  -rr  r  .      certain    officers. 

tion  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  for  the  terms  hereinafter  speci-  Appointments   shall 

be    confirmed     by 

heel  and  until  their  respective  successors  are  appointed  and  board  of  aldermen. 

r  ,         -    „  1891.    c.    364,    §    9. 

confirmed,  the  following  officers,  to  wit: 

In  January. 

(For  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  January.) 

One  or  more  measurers  of  wood  and  bark.  What  a^f£sedare 

Two  or  more  fence  viewers.  January mayor  in 

Two  or  more  field  drivers. 
One  pound-keeper  for  each  pound  in  the  city. 
Three  persons  as  a  committee  for  the  preservation  of  fish. 
A  superintendent  of  public  buildings. 
A  keeper  of  lock-ups. 

A  person  to  receive  information  of  damage  done  by  dogs. 
Two  or  more  policemen  without  pay. 
Two  or  more  constables. 

Two  or  more  inspectors  of  junk  shops,  pawn-brokers'  shops 
and  second  hand  clothing  stores  and  dealers. 
One  or  more  weighers  of  hay. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  2. 


Officers 
appointed  by 
the  mayor  in 
January. 


In    February. 


In    March 


In    March    or 
April. 


In    April. 


One  or  more  weighers  of  coal. 

One  or  more  public  weighers. 

One  or  more  weighers  of  boilers  and  heavy  machinery. 

One  or  more  persons  to  seize  illegal  charcoal  baskets, 
measures  and  vessels. 

An  inspector  of  milk  and  vinegar. 

One  or  more  measurers  of  grain. 

One  or  more  measurers  and  surveyors. 

One  or  more  surveyors  of  mechanics'  work. 

One  or  more  auctioneers. 

Two  or  more  undertakers. 

One  member  of  the  school  committee  as  a  trustee  of  the 
public  library. 

(For  three  years  from  the  first  MOD  day  in    February.) 

A  member  of  the  board  of  health. 

(For  three  years  from  the  first   Monday  in  February.) 

Two  cemetery  commissioners. 

(For  three   years  from   the   third    Monday    in    January.) 

Two  trustees  of  the  public  library. 
In  February. 

(For  one  year  from  the  first  day   in   March.) 

Five  assistant  assessors,  one  from  each  ward. 
In  March. 

(For  one  year  from  the  first  Monday   in   March.) 

A  bridge  commissioner. 

In  March  or  April. 

(For  one  year  from   the  first  day   of  April.) 

A  sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

1  A  deputy  sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

(For  fonr  years  from  the  first  day  of  May.) 


A  registrar  of  voters. 


In  April. 


(For  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May.) 


A  superintendent  of  streets. 
A  superintendent  of  lamps. 
A  city  engineer. 

1  Amended    Jan.   3,    1002. 


Cii.M'.  2.]  THE    EXECUTIVE. 

(  )ne  or  more  inspectors  of  provisions  and  of  animals   in-  In  Ai)ril- 
tended  for  slaughter,  or  kept  for  the  production  of  milk. 

1  (  )ne    or    more    inspectors    of     crude    petroleum    and     its 
products. 

(For  three  years  from  the  first  Wednesday  in  May.) 

Two  commissioners  on  the  sinking  funds  of  the  city. 

In  Junc-  In  June. 

(For  five  years  from  the  thirtieth  clay  of  June.) 

One  member  of  the  water  board. 

(In  January  of  every  third  year,    bejrinniny;   with    the   year   1892,   for   three 
years  from  the  first  Monday  in  February.) 

A  city  physician. 

SECT.   IT.     The  mayor  shall   also  appoint,   subject  to   con-  Mayor  snall 
finnation  as  aforesaid  : 


A  harbor  master  who  shall  hold  office  until  the  appointment  .fndsai^  (J9>  §  2o' 

of  his  successor,  and   an  inspector  oi  wires  who  shall  hold  inspector  of 

wires. 

office  until  removed.  1890,  c.  404. 

SECT.   12.     In   all   removals   of   officers  of  the  citv  by  the 

,  Shall    record 

mayor,  he  shall  assign  the  cause  ot  removal  in  writing,  and  causes  of 

i     11  -i  /v  removal   of 

shall  fully  state  such  cause  in  the  records  of  his  office.  officers. 

SECT.   13.     He  shall  appoint  one  or  two  police  matrons  for 

each  police  station  which  he  shall  designate  as  a  station  for  the  police  matrons. 
detention  and  confinement  of  all  women  under  arrest. 

SECT.   14.     He  shall  designate  some  suitable  person  or  per- 

.  .  '  ,  Shall    designate 

sons,  other  than  the  overseers  of  the  poor  or  persons  employed  person  to  inter 

•       ,1  ,  deceased    soldiers. 

by  them,  to'  cause  to  be  properly  interred  the  bodies  of  honor,  without  means. 


ably  discharged  soldiers  and  sailors  who  may  die  in  the  city 
without  leaving  sufficient  means  to  defray  funeral  expenses, 
as  provided  by  Chapter  three  hundred  and  ninety-five  of  the 
acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-nine. 

SECT.   15.     He  shall  also  appoint,  subject  to  the  confirma-   ghall  appoint  to 

lion  of  the  board  of  aldermen  as  aforesaid,  proper  persons  to  vacancies  in  po- 

lice and   fire 
nil  vacancies  in  the  police  and  fire  departments  of  the  city.       departments. 

SECT.   1  6.     Whenever  the  mayor  shall  be  notified  by  the  city 

,      .,    .  :  J    When   building 

engineer  that  any  building  or  structure  has  been  placed  within  within  the  lines 

,        ..  f  ,.,  .  of  a  street,  the 

the  lines  of  a  public  street,  or  so  that  it  may  cause  injury  or  mayor  shall 
inconvenience  to  a  public  street,  he  shall  forthwith  issue  an  removal.0 
order  to  the  party  offending,  directing  that  the  said  building 
or  structure  be  removed  within  a  certain  specified  time,  and  in 
case  of   non-compliance  the   mayor   shall   direct   that   the   in- 
cumbrance  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  the  delinquent. 

1  Aiurn<l«-<l    .June   L'.    11)11. 


ORDINANCES 


CONSTITUTING    AND    REGULATING  THE    SEVERAL 


DEPARTMENTS 


OF    THE    CITY 


CHAP.  3.]  ASSESSORS.  13 


CHAPTER  3. 

ASSESSORS. 

SECTION  i.     The  assessors'  department  shall  he  under  the  Assessors 

department    in 

charge  of  the  board  of  assessors,  who  shall  have  and  exercise  charge ^of  the 
all  the  powers,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and  limitations  assessors. 
of  assessors  of  taxes,  and  shall  devote  their  entire  time  to  the 
duties  of  the  office. 

Vacancies  which  shall  at  any  time  arise  in  the  board  of  vacancies, 
assessors  shall  be  filled   for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal 
year  by  the  city  council  in  joint  convention. 

SECT.  2.  The  assessors  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete  Duties, 
record  of  the  name  of  each  male  person  of  twenty  years  of 
age  and  upwards,  and  the  names  of  all  women  twenty  years 
of  age  and  upwards,  who  shall  request  in  writing  over  their 
own  signatures  to  be  assessed  for  a  poll  tax,  having  a  residence 
in  the  city  of  Cambridge,  together  with  the  residence  of  each 
of  such  persons  on  the  first  day  of  May  of  the  present  year 
and  of  the  preceding  year;  they  shall  also  keep  a  record  of  all  Record  of 

,  .   ,  1   abatements  of 

abatements,  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose,  which  record  taxes. 
shall  contain  the  names  of  the  persons  whose  taxes  are  abated, 
the  amount  of  their  taxes  as  originally  assessed,  the  amount 
abated  and  the  reasons  for  each  abatement. 

SECT.  3.     They  shall  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  city  col-  warrant  to 

,      r  ,         ,,  e    ~  ,  ,  the   collector, 

lector,  on  or  before  the  first  day  ot  September  in  each  year,  for  collection 
lists  of  all  taxes  assessed,  together  with  a  warrant   for  the  p.  g.  c.  *ii,  §  Q2. 
collection  of  the  sums  named  therein;  and  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  every  ensuing  month  they  shall  deliver  lists  of  all 
additional  or  supplementary  assessments  made  during  the  pre- 
ceding month,  together  with  warrants  for  their  collection. 

SECT.  4.     The  assessors  shall  render  to  the  city  auditor  at  statement  to 

,          .  ...  auditor  of  the 

the  time  when  they  send  any  tax  list  to  the  city  collector,  a  amount  of  the 
statement  of  the  amount  of  such  tax  list,  so  far  as  the  amounts  p.' s.  c.'n,  §  76. 
thereof  have  not  been  included  in  any  statement  previously 
made  to  him  ;  such  statement  shall  also  include  the  amount  of 
taxes  which  have  been  abated  during  each  month,  giving  the 
year  in  which  the  taxes  abated  were  laid. 

SECT.  5.     The  assessors  shall  forthwith  forward  to  the  city  P.  s.  c.  11.  §  69 
collector  all  certificates  of  abatements  allowed  bv  them. 


14:  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  3. 

mentrof°sewer  SECT.  6.     Whenever  the  board  of  aldermen  shall  apportion 

and  sidewalk  a  sewer  or  sidewalk  assessment,  and  certify  such  apportion- 

ftssGssmGnts. 

p.  s.  c.  50,  §  25.  ment  to  the  assessors,  the  assessors  shall  for  each  of  the  three 
years  next  ensuing  add  one  of  the  parts  of  said  apportionment, 
with  interest  from  the  date  of  the  same,  to  the  annual  tax  of 
the  real  estate  of  the  person  to  whom  such  assessment  is 
assessed. 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.  15 


CHAPTER  4. 

AUDITING1-2-3-4-5-6 

SECTION  i.     The    city   auditor   shall   have    charge    of    the 
auditing  department  of  the  city.     He  shall  hold  his  office  for  £h**g£.of  city 
the  term  of  three  years  as  provided  by  Chapter  565,  Acts  of 
1007.     He  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  city  council  shall  Term  and 

salary. 

from  time  to  time  determine. 

Whenever  said  office  shall  be  vacant  the  city  council  shall  fill  vacancy, 
the  vacancy  for  balance  of  the  unexpired  term  in  the  same 
manner  as  provided  for  in  the  election  of  the  auditor. 

SECT.  2.     The  auditor  shall  have  the  custody  of  the  surety  custody  of  cm- 
bonds  of  all  city  officials  required  to  furnish  bonds,  and  of  all  cial  bonds'  etc- 
contracts  and  bonds  given  to  the  city  to  secure  contracts ;  of  all 
insurance  policies  in  which  the  city  has  an  interest,  and  he 
shall  keep  a  register  of  the  dates,  and  amounts  of  such  bonds, 
contracts  and  insurance  policies,  and  shall  notify  the  mayor 
whenever  a  bond  or  insurance  expires. 

The  auditor  shall  receive  from  the  treasurer  and  carefully 
hold  all  bonds,  notes,  scrip  and  other  certificates  of  indebted- 
ness together  with  coupons  issued  by  the  city,  and  executions 
against  the  same  after  they  have  been  paid,  and  shall  keep  a 
registry  thereof.  Immediately  upon  receiving  any  bond,  note, 
scrip,  coupons,  execution  or  other  certificate  of  indebtedness 
from  the  treasurer,  the  auditor  shall  deliver  to  him  an  order 
for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

SECT.  3.  Subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  he  shall  Books  and 
direct  the  manner  in  which  the  books  and  accounts  of  all  offices 
and  departments  of  the  city  shall  be  kept,  and  once  in  each 
month  he  shall  prepare  and  furnish  to  the  mayor,  to  each 
member  of  the  city  council,  and  to  each  department,  a  printed 
statement  showing  the  condition  of  each  account,  the  amount 
of  appropriations  and  receipts,  the  expenditures  and  the  un- 
expended balances  under  each ;  loans  issued  and  authorized 

1  Amended  Dec.  30,  1903. 

2  Amended  March  18,  1904. 

3  Amended  April  12,  1904. 

4  Amended  June  11,  1906. 
"Amended  June  10,  1909. 

0  Amended  March  30,  1912. 


ORDINANCES  [CHAP.  4. 

with  date,  rate,  term  and  amounts,  borrowing  capacity  and 
such  other  data  relating  to  the  city's  financial  condition  as  may 
be  asked  for  by  the  mayor. 

?eceipts,°etc.  He  sna11  report  to  the  city  council  at  the  earliest  possible 

date  after  March  3ist  of  each  year,  the  expenditures  and 
receipts  during  the  preceding  financial  year,  giving  in  detail 
the  amount  of  appropriations  and  expenditures,  and  the 
receipts  and  source  of  income.  He  shall  include  in  said  report, 
a  statement  of  the  funded  and  temporary  loans,  and  rates  of 
t  interest  thereon,  and  shall  exhibit  all  the  liabilities  and  assets 
as  shown  on  the  books  in  his  office  at  the  close  of  the  financial 
year. 

SECT.  4.  Xo  persons,  agent  or  board  shall  make  any  pur- 
chase unless  the  same  be  made  on  an  order  or  requisition  blank 
furnished  by  the  city  auditor,  and  the  auditor  may  reject  any 
bill  presented  in  violation  of  this  section. 

In  case  of  any  error  or  informality,  he  shall  make  note  of 
the  fact  and  return  the  bill  or  demand  with  the  objections  to 
the  officer  or  board  presenting  the  same,  and  wrhen  the  auditor 
has  any  doubt  concerning  the  propriety  or  correctness  of  such 
bill  or  account,  if  it  be  not  satisfactorily  explained,  he  shall 
refer  the  same  at  once  to  the  mayor  for  consideration  and  final 
decision. 

The  auditor  shall  be  empowered,  in  case  he  deems  it  for  the 
best  interests  of  the  city,  to  withhold  the  payment  of  any  bill. 
If  such  action  be  taken  he  must  submit  his  reasons  therefor  to 
the  mayor  in  writing  within  five  days,  who  shall  pass  upon  the 
matter  finally  and  submit  his  decision  in  writing  within  ten 
days  as  to  what  disposition  should  be  made  of  the  account, 
giving  his  reasons  therefor,  in  case  he  does  not  approve  of  the 
action  of  the  auditor. 

Order  or  requisition  blanks  shall  be  made  in  triplicate,  be 
consecutively  numbered,  the  original  to  be  delivered  to  the 
person  from  \vhom  the  purchase  is  to  be  made,  one  delivered 
to  the  auditor  within  one  day  of  the  issuing  of  such  requisition, 
and  the  other  copy  retained  by  the  department. 

These  orders  or  blanks  shall  state  the  department  from 
which  they  issue,  the  appropriation  to  which  the  expenditure 
is  to  be  charged,  the  name  and  address  of  the  person,  firm  or 
corporation  from  wrhom  the  purchase  is  to  be  made,  the  item 
or  items  wanted,  amount,  and  the  price  of  each,  terms  and 
provisions  for  cash  discount  of  not  less  than  2  per  cent  for 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.  17 

payment  ten  days  from  date  of  receipt  of  the  bill  for  goods  by 
the  department  issuing  order  or  requisition,  and  request  that 
bills  in  duplicate  be  immediately  sent  to  department. 

Upon  receipt  of  bills  if  they  agree  with  the  order  or  requisi- 
tion, the  head  of  the  department,  or  in  departments  under 
charge  of  executive  boards,  such  person  as  the  board  may 
authorize  by  vote  to  sign  requisitions,  orders  and  approve  bills, 
shall  approve  the  bill  and  forward  it  to  the  auditor's  office 
within  one  day  of  date  or  receipt  by  the  department. 

If  purchase,  contract,  order  or  requisition  involves  an 
amount  exceeding  $300,  the  order  or  requisition  therefor  shall 
be  approved  by  the  mayor  before  the  city  shall  be  held  liable 
therefor.  The  passage  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  repeal  the 
provisions  of  sections  8  and  12  of  chapter  28  of  the  revised 
ordinances  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  as  amended  to  November 
8,  1899. 

SECT.  5.     The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  orders  Drafts  upon  the 
on   the   treasurer   for   the   payment   of   accounts   and   claims 
approved  and  certified  as  provided  in  this  chapter.     He  may 
draw  his  order  to  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  three-fourths  of 
the  amount  then  due,  by  way  of  advance  on  contracts  made,  Drafts  in  account 

,     .  ,..,,,       e  of  contracts. 

or  on  work  begun  and  not  completed,  upon  being  satisfied  of 
the  necessity  therefor  by  a  certificate  signed  by  the  board  or 
head  of  department  controlling  the  expenditure,  within  the 
sum  especially  appropriated  therefor  by  the  city  council,  or 
draw  his  order  for  any  sum  upon  the  express-  order  of  the  city 
council. 

He  shall   draw  his  order  for  the  weekly  payment  of  the  Drafts  on  account 

,.  .  .  -  .  ,    payments   of 

wages  of  such  employes  as  are  entitled  by  law  to  be  paid  employees, 
weekly ;  the  amounts  of  such  wages  to  be  entered  upon  pay 
rolls  which  shall  be  made  up  to  the  last  day  of  the  week  and 
certified  to  as  correct  by  the  heads  of  the  respective  depart- 
ments, except  where  a  department  is  under  the  charge  of  an 
executive  board,  in  which  case  they  shall  be  so  certified  by 
some  officer  designated  by  said  board ;  all  such  amounts  to  be 
within  the  appropriations  to  which  the  same  shall  be 
chargeable. 

He  shall  draw  his  order  for  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  J£jf0fjf  tfearchers' 
the  teachers  of  the  public  schools,  and  the  sum  due  for  state,  salaries, 
military  aid  and  soldiers'  relief;  the  amounts  of  such  salaries 
to  be  entered  upon  pay  rolls  which   shall  be  certified  to  be 
correct  by  the  school  committee,  and  the  amounts  of  such  sum 


18 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  4. 


Drafts  from 
emergency  fund. 


Treasurer  may 

Eay  judgments, 
onds,  notes,  etc. 


Method   of   keep- 
ing  auditors' 
accounts. 


Shall  notify  the 
mayor  when  an 
appropriation 
is  expended. 


for  state  and  military  aid  and  soldiers'  relief  to  be  entered 
upon  pay  rolls,  which  shall  be  certified  correct  by  the  com- 
mittee on  soldiers'  relief,  such  amounts  to  be  within  the  appro- 
priations to  which  the  same  shall  be  chargeable. 

And  provided  further,  that  he  may.  from  time  to  time,  draw 
his  orders  upon  the  treasurer  for  the  payment  of  such  sums 
as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  be  paid  out  of  any  appropriation 
which  may  be  made  and  set  apart  by  the  city  council  as  a  fund 
to  meet  emergencies,  but  never  to  exceed  the  amount  of  such 
appropriation. 

Other  pay  rolls  shall  be  made  up  to  include  the  last  day  of 
each  month  and  pay  day  for  the  same  and  for  bills  received 
up  to  the  eighth  day  of  the  month  which  comply  with  section 
4,  shall  be  the  loth  of  each  month,  or  the  business  day  follow- 
ing, if  such  date  occurs  on  Sunday  or  a  legal  holiday. 

Bills  received  and  audited  in  compliance  with  section  4  up 
to  the  1 8th  of  the  month  shall  be  paid  on  the  2Oth  of  each 
month,  and  those  received  and  audited  as  approved  up  to  the 
28th  of  the  month  shall  be  paid  on  the  3Oth  of  each  month 
provided  they  are  in  compliance  with  section  4  as  to  cash 
discounts. 

SECT.  6.  Xo  money  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury 
except  upon  the  written  order  of  the  mayor,  addressed  to  the 
treasurer,  countersigned  by  the  auditor:  proridcd,  howercrt 
that  the  treasurer  may  pay  before  such  order  is  drawn,  any 
sum  of  money  due  on  the  principal  or  interest  of  any  note, 
bond  or  other  security  of  the  city,  or  on  any  judgment  against 
the  city,  and  also  refunds  certified  by  the  water  registrar, 
board  of  assessors  or  for  minors'  license. 

SECT.  7.  The  auditor  shall  keep  his  accounts  in  such  form 
and  in  such  detail  as  may  be  necessary  to  a  clear  exhibit  of  all 
expenditures,  liabilities  and  receipts.  He  shall  credit  each  city 
account  with  its  appropriation  for  the  financial  year,  and  with 
all  revenue  received,  on  the  account  of  same,  and  charge 
against  the  same  the  expenditures  and  liabilities  as  they  shall 
from  time  to  time  be  made.  Whenever  an  appropriation  for 
any  account  is  expended,  he  shall  immediately  give  notice 
thereof  to  the  mayor,  and  the  city  council,  and  he  shall  not 
pass  or  allow  any  claim  or  account  chargeable  against  such 
appropriation  until  the  city  council  shall  provide  the  means  of 
paying  the  same. 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.  19 

SKCT.  8.  The  auditor  shall  countersign  all  the  bonds,  notes 
and  certificates  of  indebtedness  issued  for  loans  to  the  city, 
authorized  by  the  city  council  and  also  all  the  orders  drawn  by 
the  mayor  on  the  treasurer  as  provided  in  section  5  of  this 
chapter. 

The  financial  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  April  and  Shall  make  an 

.      «      «       ,       t  ,         annual   report  to 

the  auditor  shall  make  up  his  accounts  to  include  the  last  day  the  city  council. 
of  March  annually. 

SECT.  9.  Xo  person,  board  or  commission  unless  author- 
ized under  the  statutes,  shall  collect  or  receive  any  moneys 
for  any  purpose  whatsoever  on  behalf  of  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge, except  the  city  treasurer  or  his  authorized  agents. 
Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the  treasurer  that  moneys  should 
be  paid  direct  to  departments,  the  same  shall  be  paid  only  by  AH  moneys  paid 
the  authority  of  the  treasurer  and  to  such  person  as  he  shall  "?  treasurer.  y 
designate  and  under  such  conditions  as  he  shall  prescribe,  and 
all  returns  to  the  treasurer,  and  all  rates,  bills  and  assessments 
(except  tax  bills)  due  the  city  shall  be  made  out  upon  such 
forms  as  the  auditor  shall  deem  necessary  for  a  proper 
accounting  and  interlocking  of  the  accounts  of  the  several 
departments  with  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  auditing 
department. 

The  auditor  shall  procure  at  least  as  often  as  once  a  month  ^fne^ontiil61" 
from  the  banks  in  which  the  city's  funds  are  deposited,  a  certi-  "i®  ktsreasurer>s 
fied   statement   of   the  city   treasurer's   balance   and   he   shall 
examine   the   treasurer's    books    and    accounts    and    ascertain 
their  correctness,  and  report  on  the  same  monthly  to  the  city 
council. 


SECT.   10.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  auditor  to  examine 
once  a  vear,  or  as  often  as  the  mayor  may  direct,  the  books,  <"0""ts  of  depart  - 

J  meats  and  boards. 

records,  and  accounts  of  the  several  departments  and  execu- 
tive boards,  and  make  his  recommendations  to  the  mayor  of 
surh  modifications,  improvements  or  changes  as  may  be 
deemed  advisable  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  auditor  to 
order  and  govern  the  installation  of  such  modifications,  im- 
provements or  changes. 

SECT.   IT.     Annually  in  the  month  of  April,  and  at  other  Soil1  report  to" 
times  when  requested  by  the  mayor,  the  auditor  shall  make 
written  report  to  the  mayor  of  all  unfinished  contracts  in  his 
possession  made  with  the  city  and  of  the  existing  condition  of 
each  contract. 


20  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  4. 


SECT.  12.     All   ordinances   or   parts   of    ordinances    incon- 
inconsistent.  sistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed  and  all  ordinances  not 

inconsistent  herewith  remain  in  effect. 

SECT.  13.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  3ist  day 
of  May  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve. 


CHAP.  5.]  BRIDGE  21 


CHAPTER  5. 

BRIDGE. 

SECTION,  i.     The   bridge    department   shall   be   under   the  Bridge  depart- 

.  .  ment  in  charge 

charge  of  the  commissioner  of  bridges,  who  shall  have  the  of  the  commis- 

___          sioner  of 

care  and  management  on  the  part  of  this  city  of  the  West  bridges. 

Boston,  Craigie's,  Harvard  and  Prison  Point  bridges.   He  shall 

hold  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  Term  of  office. 

May  in  the  year  of  his  appointment  and  until  his  successor  is 

appointed.    He  may  be  removed  by  the  mayor,  after  due  hear-   Removal. 

ing.  with  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

A  vacancy  may  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  at  any  time  in  vacancy. 

the  same  manner  as  provided  for  the  original  appointment. 

SECT.  2..     He  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  in  rela-  Powers  and 

fliitif*^ 

tion  to  the  care  and  management  of  the  bridges,  conferred  by 
the  three  hundredth  and  three  hundred  and  second  chapters 
of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy,  and 
chapter  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two,  and  of  any  and  all  other 
bridges  which  may  at  any  time  be  placed  in  his  charge  by  the 
city  council. 

SECT.  ^.     He  shall  annually,  in  December,  report  to  the  citv  Sha11  make 

"     annual    report 

council  a  particular  account  of  all  expenditures,  the  property  to  the  city 

3    council. 

on  hand,  the  number  of  times  the  draws  have  been  opened, 
and  other  matters  of  general  interest  in'  relation  to  said 
bridges,  for  the  previous  year,  with  an  estimate  of  the  amount 
required  of  the  city  for  the  care  and  maintenance  of  said 
bridges  for  the  year  ensuing. 


99 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  6. 


CHAPTER  6. 


Cemetery 
department 
in   charge  of 
the   cemetery 
commissioners. 
1855  c.   44. 
1865  c.    225. 
1891  c.  364,  §  38. 

Term  of  office. 
Vacancies. 


Duties. 


Authority. 

Deeds  of  lots 
to  be  made  by 
the    mayor. 


Annual  report. 


Perpetual  care 

of  lots  in  the 

Cambridge 

cemetery. 

P.  S.  c/82,  §  17. 


Money  paid 
for   perpetual 
care  of  lots, 
how   applied. 


CEMETERY. 

SECTION  i.  The  cemetery  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  a  hoard  of  six  commissioners  to  be  styled  cemetery 
commissioners,  two  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  in  the  month 
of  January  of  each  year,  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  the  board  of  aldermen,  to  hold  their  office  for  the  term  of 
three  years  from  the  first  Monday  of  the  February  following 
their  appointment.  A  vacancy  in  said  board  may  be  filled  for 
the  unexpired  term  at  any  time  in  the  same  manner  as  pro- 
vided for  the  original  appointment. 

SECT.  2.  Said  board  shall  have  the  care,  superintendence, 
and  management  of  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  so  called,  and 
also  of  the  burial  ground  on  Garden  street. 

SECT.  3.  Said  board  of  commissioners  shall  have  authority 
to  sell  rights  of  burial  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  but  all  deeds 
and  conveyances  shall  be  executed  by  the  mayor  in  the  name 
of  the  city,  and  recorded  by  the  city  clerk  in  a  book  kept  for 
that  purpose. 

SECT.  4.  The  commissioners  shall  annually,  in  the  month 
of  December,  make  and  render  to  the  city  council  a  report  of 
all  their  acts,  doings  and  proceedings  and  of  the  condition  of 
the  said  cemetery  and  burial  ground,  and  an  account  of  their 
receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  year  ending  November  3Oth. 

1  SECT.  5.  The.  board  of  cemetery  commissioners  shall 
determine  the  amount  necessary  to  preserve  and  care  for  any 
lot  or  grave  in  Cambridge  Cemetery,  and  shall  also,  by  itself 
or  any  committee  thereof,  determine  what  lots  or  graves  may 
be  received  under  perpetual  care.  The  income  of  any  sums  so 
determined  shall  be  applied  by  said  board  for  the  preservation, 
care,  improvement  or  embellishment  of  any  such  lot  or  grave. 

SECT.  6.  All  sums  of  money  which  the  board  of  commis- 
sioners of  the  Cambridge  cemetery  shall  receive  from  the  city 
treasurer  as  interest  upon  sums  which  have  been  paid  by 
owners  for  the  perpetual  care  of  lots  and  graves  in  the  Cam- 
bridge cemetery,  shall  be  faithfully  applied  by  said  board  in 


1  Amended  June  10.  1904. 


CHAP.  6.]  CEMKTKKY.  23 

accordance  with  the  notices  of  the  city  treasurer  designating 
the  particular  lots  and  graves  on  account  of  which  the  several 
payments  have  been  made. 

SKCT.  7.     The   fund   so   created   shall   be   denominated   thfc  p^gtuai  care 
"cemetery  fund  for  the  perpetual  care  of  lots."  of  lots- 

1  SKCT.  8.  Proprietors  of  lots  may,  upon  forms  prescribed  Deeds  in  trust, 
by  the  board  of  cemetery  commissioners,  reconvey  said  lot  or 
lots  to  the  city  of  Cambridge ;  and  the  board  of  cemetery  com- 
missioners may  accept  the  same,  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  city 
of  Cambridge,  upon  certain  trusts  in  said  deed  of  reconvey- 
ance to  be  expressly  mentioned.  But  in  no  event  shall  any 
such  deed  of  reconveyance  be  accepted  as  aforesaid,  unless 
and  until  there  shall  be  deposited  with  and  held  by  the  city 
treasurer,  in  accordance  with  section  4  of  chapter  25  of  the 
revised  ordinances,  a  sum  sufficient,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board 
of  cemetery  commissioners,  to  provide  for  the  perpetual  pre- 
servation and  care  of  such  lot  or  lots  and  their  several  respect- 
ive appurtenances,  including  the  care  of  the  grass,  resodding, 
erecting,  placing,  keeping  in  repair,  and  the  renewal  of  any 
tomb,  curb,  monument,  headstone,  and  fence  now  or  hereafter 
to  be  placed  on  said  lot  or  lots.  Any  proprietor,  so  reconvey- 
ing  any  lot  or  lots  as  aforesaid  to  the  city,  may  in  said  deed 
reserve  to  himself  and  to  such  as  may  be  beneficiaries  there- 
under the  right  of  admission  and  such  supervision  as  to  the 
board  of  cemetery  commissioners  may  seem  proper,  and  as 
may  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  rights  which  have  vested  in 
said  city  of  Cambridge. 

Amended    March    20.    1894. 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  7.] 


CHAPTER  7. 


CITY  CLERK. 


City   clerk 

department  in 

charge  of  city 

clerk. 

P.  S.  c.  27,  §  78. 

Term   of  office. 

Duties. 

P.  S.  c.  28,  §  2. 

1891,  c.  364,  §  19. 


Shall  give  a 

satisfactory 

bond. 


Election    to   be 
void  if  bond 
not  given. 

New  bond, 
when  to  be 
given. 


Shall  give 
notice  to  the 
auditor  of 
money    orders, 
etc. 


Shall   bay    3aily 
to   treasurer   all 
moneys 
received. 
Shall  report 
sewer   a  ad 
sidewalk 
abatements. 


SECTION  i.  The  city  clerk  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term 
of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  his 
election  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  He 
shall  have  the  care  and  custody  of  the  city  records  and  of  all 
documents,  maps,  plans  and  papers  of  the  city,  respecting  the 
care  and  custody  of  which  no  other  provision  is  made.  He 
shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  ah 
meetings  of  both  branches  of  the  city  council,  when  met  in 
convention,  and  he  shall  keep  records  of  the  proceedings  at 
all  such  meetings. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  clerk  shall  give  to  the  city  a  bond,  with 
sufficient  sureties,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  in 
such  form  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  city  solicitor,  and 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  which  bond  shall  be 
executed,  approved  and  delivered  before  he  enters  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten  days  after  his  election. 
Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond  within  the  time  herein 
required,  the  election  shall  be  void,  and  a  new  election  shall 
be  had  forthwith.  In  case  of  the  death  or  insolvency  of  any 
of  the  sureties  upon  any  bond  so  given,  the  city  clerk  shall 
immediately  notify  the  mayor  and  give  a  new  bond,  with 
sufficient  sureties,  as  hereinbefore  provided;  and  if  he  fails 
to  give  such  new  bond  within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to 
do  so,  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  removal  from  office. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  clerk  shall  notify  the  auditor  of  all 
orders  passed  by  the  city  council  or  board  of  aldermen,  author- 
izing appropriations,  expenditures,  assessments,  apportion- 
ments or  abatements,  immediately  after  such  orders  are 
approved.  He  shall  also  report  to  him  daily  all  amounts 
received  by  him,  and  paid  to  the  treasurer,  on  account  of 
licenses  or  fees  of  any  description.  He  shall  pay  over  to  the 
treasurer  daily  all  moneys  received  by  him  on  account  of 
licenses  or  fees  of  any  description.  He  shall  report  to  the 
treasurer  all  orders  for  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessments,  and 


[CHAP.  7.  CITY    CLERK.  25 

all  apportionments  and  abatements  thereof,  immediately  after 
such  orders  are  approved.  *  Six  months  before  the  expira- 
tion of  the  time  when  an  assessment  of  betterments  for  any 
street  improvement  must  be  made,  he  shall  notify  the  city 
council  of  the  date  of  said  expiration. 

SECT.  4.     The  assistant  city  clerk  shall  assist  the  city  clerk  ^|fjftant  city 
in    recording,    indexing    and    certifying    all    documents    and  1891.  c-  364,  §  19. 
papers  required  by  law  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of,  or  recorded  Duties, 
by,  the  city  clerk,  and  shall  perform  all  other  duties  pertaining 
to  the  office  of  city  clerk  when  thereto  requested  by  the  city 
clerk,  or  when  from  any  cause  the  office  of  city  clerk  shall  be 
vacant. 

SECT,   v     The  assistant  city  clerk  shall  give  a  bond  in  such  Shan  give 

a  bond, 
form  as  the  city  solicitor  shall  approve,  with  sufficient  sureties, 

to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand 
dollars,  which  bond  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered 
before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten 
days  after  his  election.  Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond  Election  void  if 

bond  not  given. 

within  the  time  herein  required,  the  election  shall  be  void,  and 
a  new  election  shall  be  had  forthwith.  In  case  of  the  death  or 
insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties  on  any  bond  so  given,  he  shall 
immediately  notify  the  mayor  and  give  a  new  bond,  with  New  bond 
sufficient  sureties,  as  hereinbefore  provided ;  and  if  he  fails 
to  give  such  new  bond  within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to 
do  so,  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  removal  from  office. 

1  Amended  May  26,  1898. 


ORDIXAXCES. 


CHAPTER  8. 


City    messenger 
department  in 
charge   of  city 
messenger. 
1891  c.  304,  §  19. 


Duties. 


Shall   purchase 
stationery,  etc. 


Monthly    reports 
to   auditor. 


Annual    report 
to  the   city 
council. 


CITY    MESSENGER. 

SECTION  i.  The  city  messenger  department  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  the  city  messenger,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one 
year  from  the  first  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  his  election  and 
until  another  is  chosen  in  his  place,  subject  to  removal,  at  any 
time,  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  messenger  shall  attend  to  the  opening 
and  closing  of  the  rooms  in  the  city  hall,  and  have  the  care 
and  charge  of  the  same ;  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board 
of  aldermen  and  of  the  common  council ;  shall  wait  upon  all 
committees  and  boards  when  in  session  at  the  city  hall,  and,  in 
general,  shall  perform  all  services  required  by  the  mayor,  by 
either  branch  of  the  city  council,  or  by  such  committees  or 
boards,  and  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  city  council 
may  determine. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  messenger  shall  purchase  all  supplies  of 
stationery  required  for  the  use  of  the  city  council  and  depart- 
ments acting  thereunder.  He  shall  keep  a  detailed  account  of 
all  such  purchases  and  deliveries  from  the  same,  and  shall 
furnish  each  department  only  upon  a  requisition  signed  by  the 
head  of  such  department,  and  take  a  receipt  for  all  articles 
delivered.  He  shall  make  monthly  reports  to  the  city  auditor 
of  all  stationery  furnished  by  him  to  each  of  the  several 
departments  of  the  city.  He  shall  have  charge  of  all  printed 
matter,  bound  volumes  and  books  of  reference  belonging  to 
the  city  and  not  delivered  to  the  departments,  and  shall  dis- 
tribute the  same,  or  keep  them  in  convenient  form  for  refer- 
ence, according  to  such  rules  as  the  committee  on  printing 
shall  adopt.  He  shall  report  to  the  city  council  annually,  in 
December,  giving  a  general  statement  of  purchases,  deliveries 
and  stock  on  hand,  with  a  catalogue  of  all  additions  to  the 
reference  library. 


CfcAP.  9.1  CLERK     OF     COM  M  ITTEES.  27 


CHAPTER  9. 

CLKRK   OF   COMMITTEES. 

SECTION    r.     The  clerk  of  committees  department  shall  be  Clerk  of 

1     11   1     i  1    committees, 
under  the  charge  of  the  clerk  of  committees,  who  shall  hold  department  in 

his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  isoCc.  r,04,  §  19 

in  the  year  of  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  elected. 

He  shall  act  as  clerk  of  all  committees,  standing  or  special,  of   r>utu>s. 

either  branch,  and  of  both  branches  of  the  city  council,  not 

otherwise  provided  for  by  ordinance  or  order,  and  shall  receive 

such  compensation  as  the  city  council  shall  determine. 

SECT.  2.     He,  shall  make  a  proper  record,  in  books  kept  for  shall  koop 

.  hooks  of 

the  purpose,  of  all  proceedings  and  transactions,  and  keep  a  record,  otr. 
calendar  of  all  meetings  of  the  committees  of  which  he  is 
clerk,  and,  when  requested  by  the  chairman,  notify  the  mem- 
bers thereof.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and  services, 
in  making  estimates  and  computations,  drawing  orders  and 
reports,  and  rendering  assistance,  as  such  committees  shall 
require. 

SECT.  3.     The  clerk  of  committees  shall  appoint  an  assist-  ^^ommitte^ 
ant  clerk,  who  shall  assist  him -in  the  performance  of  the  duties  limv  appointed, 
of  his  office,  and  shall  discharge  the  duties  of  the  clerk  of  ^  dcut^-     34 
committees  when  that  officer  is  absent  and  whenever  there  is  a 
vacancy  in  his  office. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  10. 


CHAPTER  10. 


ENGINEERING. 


Engineering 
department  in 
charge   of  the 
city    engineer. 
1891,  c.  364. 
§§9,    10. 


Duties. 


Cnarge   of   all 
plans. 


Charge  of  the 
construction  of 
public   works. 


Shall   supervise 
repairs  of 
bridges. 


Shall  measure 
work  done  by 
contract. 


Shall  make  sur- 
veys and   plans, 
and  perform 
services  re- 
quired of  him. 


SECTION  i.  The  engineering  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  city  engineer,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the 
term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  his 
appointment  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen.  He  shall 
receive  such  compensation  as  the  city  council  may  determine. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  engineer  shall  exercise  a  general  super- 
vision of  all  matters  within  said  department;  he  shall  be  con- 
sulted in  relation  to  public  improvements  of  every  kind  where 
the  advice  of  a  civil  engineer  would  be  of  service.  He  shall 
have  the  charge  of  all  plans  of  streets,  drains,  sewers  and 
structures  of  every  kind,  not  especially  belonging  to  other 
departments,  and  shall  keep  the  same  properly  classified  and 
indexed;  and  he  may  make  such  rules  and  regulations,  con- 
cerning the  taking  of  plans  from  his  office,  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  insure  their  safety. 

SECT.  3.  Unless  otherwise  specially  provided,  he  shall  take 
charge  of  the  construction  of  all  public  works  of  the  city 
which  properly  come  under  the  direction  of  the  civil  engineer; 
shall  perform  all  engineering  services  and  make  all  examina- 
tions and  prepare  all  statements,  plans,  specifications  and  con- 
tracts which  any  department  may  need  in  the  discharge  of  its 
duties;  shall,  upon  being  notified  by  the  mayor,  supervise  all 
repairs  on  the  bridges  used  as  highways,  which  affect  the 
safety  of  the  structures,  and  when  required  by  the  mayor,  or 
by  any  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department,  shall  meas- 
ure the  work  done  by  contract  for  the  city,  and  certify  to  the 
results  of  such  measurement. 

SECT.  4.  He  shall,  either  by  himself  or  his  assistants,  make 
such  surveys,  plans,  profiles,  estimates  and  descriptions  as  may 
be  required  of  him  by  the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the 
city  council  or  any  committee  thereof ;  and  he  shall  perform  all 
other  such  services  for  the  city,  which  properly  come  under 
the  direction  of  a  civil  engineer,  as  may  be  required  of  him  by 
the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  city  council  or  any 
committee  thereof,  the  city  solicitor,  the  water  board,  or  the 
board  of  cemetery  commissioners. 


CHAP.  10.]  ORDINANCES. 

SECT.  5.     He  shall   take  charge  of   all  plans   and  surveys  ?ia ™g  a° £ t  of 

relating  to  the  laying  out,  widening,  extending,  and  grading  of  streets, 
streets,  and  the  establishing  of  correct  lines  for  the  same,  and 
of  all  such  structures  and  public  works  of  the  city  as  the  city 

council  may  direct ;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  Shall  not  inter- 

.     .          fere  with  other 

be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  him  to  interfere  with  existing  departments, 
departments  or  boards  of  officers,  or  with  any  which  may  be 
hereafter  established  whose  duties  may  be  clearly  defined. 

SECT.  6.     He  shall  give  to  all  applicants  so  far  as  the  files  shall  give  lines 
and  records  of  his  office  will  permit,  any  information  as  to  the  ItreefsTfree  °of 
lines  and  grades  of  streets  on  which  their  estates  are  situated, 
or  upon  which  they  intend  to  build.     And  all  information  of 
this  character  furnished  to  owners  of  estates,  or  persons  repre- 
senting them,  or  to  those  intending  to  build,  shall  be  without 
charge.     1  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  ascertain  the  proper  founda-  Foundation 
tion   grade   for   the   superstructure   of   every   building  to   be 
erected  by  the  city,  and  immediately  thereafter  to  furnish  all 
necessary  information  in  relation  thereto  to  the  superintendent 
of  public  buildings. 

SECT.  7.     Whenever  he  shall  ascertain  that  any  building  or 
structure  has  been  placed  within  the  lines  of  a  public  street, 
or  so  that  it  may  cause  injury  or  inconvenience  to  a  public  ptre|tSc.  54. 
street,  he  shall  immediately  give  notice  thereof  in  writing  to 
the  mayor. 

SECT.  8.     He  shall  annually,  or  oftener  if  required,  care- 
fully  examine  all  the  bridges  within  the  city  limits,  and  make  * 
such  reports  respecting  their  condition  as  to  safety,  need  of 
renewal  or  repairs,  as  the  case  may  require. 

SECT.  9.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  December, 
present  to  the  city  council  a  report  in  relation  to  his  depart- 
ment, showing  the  number  of  persons  employed,  the  detailed 
expenses  of  the  department,  the  general  nature  of  the  work, 
the  property  under  his  charge,  the  condition  of  all  structures 
that  come  under  his  supervision  that  are  in  process  of  con- 
struction, or  that  have  been  completed  during  the  previous 
year,  and  such  other  general  information,  in  relation  to  the 
same,  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

5  Amended  Dec.  29,  1897. 


30 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


CHAPTER  ii. 


FIRE1 


Members. 


Department   in 
charge  of  chief. 


Appointment 
of  members. 


SECTION  i.  A  fire  department  is  hereby  established  for  the 
city  of  Cambridge  with  such  officers,  apparatus  and  regula- 
tions for  the  government  thereof  as  may  be  prescribed  in  this 
ordinance. 

2Said  department  shall  consist  of  4one  hundred  and  five 
(105)  permanent  men  and  thirty-three  (33)  call  men,  divided 
into  seven  (7)  companies,  two  (2)  chemical  engine  companies 
and  four  (4)  ladder  companies. 

12  The  permanent  force  of  the  fire  department  shall  be  in- 
creased by  eight  members  who  shall  be  assigned  as  the  chief 
engineer  may  direct.  A  corresponding  reduction  of  eight  shall 
be  made  in  the  number  of  call  members  of  the  department. 

Said  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  chief  of 
fire  department.  The  officers  of  said  department  shall  be  a 
chief,  a  deputy  chief,  one  permanent  captain  for  each  steam 
engine  company,  one  for  3each  ladder  company,  and  for  each 
chemical  company,  and  one  permanent  lieutenant  for  each 
steam  engine  company  and  for  each  ladder  company,  and  one 
permanent  lieutenant  who  shall  be  designated  as  the  chief's 
aid,  and  he  shall  be  the  driver  of  the  chief's  wagon,  one  engine 
man  and  one  assistant  engine  man  for  each  engine  company, 
and  there  shall  also  be  sufficient  hose  men  and  ladder  men,  to 
be  divided  into  companies  as  the  number  of  engines  and  other 
apparatus  belonging  to  the  city  may  require,  and  as  the  city 
council  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

SECT.  2.  The  members  of  the  department  shall  be  assigned 
as  the  chief  of  fire  department  may  from  time  to  time  direct. 
All  officers  and  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  sub- 
ject to  the  confirmation  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  but  no 
person  shall  receive  an  appointment  as  a  fireman  until  he  shall 
have  filed  with  the  chief  of  fire  department  a  certificate  from 


1  Amended   Mareh   ±_',    1010. 
-  Amended  Nov.    14.   1011.  * 

Amended   June   1.",.    1911. 

Amended  June  2T>,  1012. 

Amended  Dec.   28,  1000. 

Amended  April  10.  1901. 

Amended  Dec.   31,    1901. 

Amended   May   8.   1907. 

Amended  Dec.  27,  1907. 
0  Amended  April  20,  1908. 
'Amended    and     repealed     March    22,  1010. 
-Amended    Feb.  L'O.   1911. 


CHAP.  11.  J  FIHK.  31 

the  city  physician  that  he  is  physically  capable  of  performing 
the  duties  as  such  fireman. 

In  case  of  any  vacancy  in  office  or  membership  in  the  fire  Vacancy, 
department,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  within  thirty  days  by 
appointment  and  confirmation  as  aforesaid. 

No  person  shall  be  appointed  or  continue  a  member  of  the  Qualifications 
fire  department  who  cannot  qualify  as  a  legal  voter  in  this 
city,  and  no  call  man  or  substitute  call  man  shall  be  appointed 
or  continue  as  such  unless  his  daily  occupation  is  carried  on 
within  this  city. 

1  The  permanent  force  of  the  fire  department  shall  be  in-  increase  in 

.        permanent  force, 
creased  by  eight  members  who  shall  be  assigned  as  the  chief 

engineer  may  direct.    A  corresponding  reduction  of  eight  shall 
be  made  in  the  number  of  call  members  of  the  department. 

SI-XT.  3.     The   titles  of   chief  engineer  of   fire  department  Titles- 
and  assistant  chief  of  fire  department  shall  be  and  hereby  are 
changed  to  chief  of  fire  department  and  deputy  chief  of  fire 
department,  respectively. 

SECT.  4.  In  construing  this  ordinance,  the  word  "chief" 
shall  mean  "chief  of  fire  department,"  the  words  "deputy 
chief"  shall  mean  "deputy  chief  of  fire  department,"  and  the 
word  "department"  shall  mean  "fire  department,"  unless  a 
contrary  meaning  plainly  appears. 

SECT.  5.     The  chief  and  deputy  chief  and  all  officers  and  Tenure  of  offlce 
members  of   the  fire   department   shall   hold  their   respective 
offices   and   places   until   they   are    removed,   or   their   offices 
or    places    are    otherwise    vacated       The    mayor,    for    cause 
assigned  by  him,  and  after  due  hearing  by  him,  may,  with  the 
approval  of  the  majority  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  at  any 
lime  remove  from  office  or  place  the  chief,  deputy  chief,  or  Removal, 
any  officer  or  member  of  the  department. 

SECT.  6.  The  chief  and  the  deputy  chief,  on  their  appoint-  Warrant, 
ment,  shall  each  receive  a  warrant  in  the  words  following: 
''This  certifies  that—  -is  appointed  chief  of  fire  department 
(or  deputy  chief  of  fire  department)  of  the  city  of  Cambridge, 
and  is  entitled  to  all  the  immunities  and  invested  with  all  the 
powers  belonging  to  said  office.  Given  under  our  hands  this 
-  day  of ,  A.  D., , ,  mayor,  -  -  city  clerk. 

SEC.  7.     The  fire  department  shall  be  governed  by  the  fol- 
wing  particular  regulations,  to  wit. : — 

1  Amended    Feb.    10.   1011. 


ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  11. 

CHIEF  OF  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Duties  of  chief.  RULE  i.     The  chief  shall  have  and  exercise  supreme  com- 

mand   at    all    fires,    over    the    officers    and    members    of    the 
department. 

He  shall  have  the  right  to  establish  a  barrier  line  or  limit 
of  approach  at  any  place  or  places  in  this  city  at  which  a  fire 
is  or  has  been  in  progress,  to  be  known  as  and  called  "a 
fire  line." 

He  shall  see  that  all  ordinances,  orders  and  regulations  ol 
the  city  government  relating  to  the  fire  department  are  strictly 
enforced,  that  proper  discipline  is  maintained  and  observed  by 
the  officers  and  members  of  the  department,  and  that  no 
favoritism  is  accorded  to  any  member. 

He  shall  have  charge  of  all  department  supplies  under  the 
direction  of  the  mayor.  He  shall  be  the  custodian  of  all 
property  belonging  to  the  fire  department,  and  shall  keep  or 
cause  to  be  kept  in  good  repair  and  ready  for  immediate 
service  all  fire  apparatus,  and  shall  otherwise  perform  all  the 
duties  of  the  chief  as  prescribed  in  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

He  shall  not  leave  the  city  without  first- notifying  the  deputy 
chief,  and  he  shall  not  leave  the  city  for  a  period  of  more 
than  twenty-four  hours  without  first  notifying  the  mayor. 

The  chief  shall  examine  into  the  condition  of  all  property 
belonging  to  the  city  and  used  by  the  fire  department,  and 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  kept  in  good  condition  and  repair 
and  ready  for  immediate  service.  He  shall  inspect  or  cause  to 
be  inspected  by  the  deputy  chief  the  houses  and  apparatus 
of  the  department  as  often  as  once  each  week.  He  shall  keep 
or  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  of  all  his  official  acts  and 
correspondence,  together  with  a  strict  account  of  all  receipts 
and  expenditures,  and  such  other  records  or  books  as  the 
mayor  may  direct. 

He  shall  have  authority  to  designate  from  among  the  per- 
manent men  in  the  department  a  driver  for  the  chief's  wagon. 

He  shall  designate  from  among  the  ladder  men  and  hose 
men,  one  member  in  each  company  as  senior  man,  who  shall 
have  all  authority  in  said  company  in  the  absence  of  the  cap- 
tain and  lieutenant. 

He  shall  carefully  inspect  the  buildings  and  structures  within 
the  city,  so  as  to  prevent  the  owners  or  occupants  of  such 
parts  of  such  buildings  or  structures,  as  he  may  designate, 
from  erecting  or  maintaining  any  defective  chimney,  hearth. 


CIIAI-.  11.]  FIRE.  33 

oven,  stove  or  stove  pipe,  fire  frame  or  any  other  fixture,  the 
deposit  of  ashes  or  whatever  else  may  give  just  cause  of  alarm, 
or  be  the  means  of  kindling  or  spreading  fire. 

AYhenever,  by  reason  of  length  of  service,  the  pay  of  any 
member  of  the  fire  department  is  to  be  increased,  he  shall 
transmit  to  the  mayor  notice  thereof  before  placing  the  name 
of  such  member  upon  the  pay  roll  at  the  increased  rate  of 
compensation. 

He  shall  prescribe  in  writing  the  hours  for  feeding  of 
horses.  He  shall  transmit  to  the  city  physician  notice  of  the 
incapacity,  by  reason  of  illness  or  accident,  of  any  member. 

He  shall  cause  to  be  printed  and  kept  constantly  on  hand 
a  manual  containing  the  ordinances  and  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions governing  the  department,  and  such  other  information  as 
may  be  useful  to  the  members  of  the  department.  He  shall 
provide  each  member  of  the  department  with  a  copy  of  said 
manual,  and  hold  said  member  responsible  for  its  safe-keeping. 

He  shall  report  annually  to  the  city  council  the  condition 
and  needs  of  the  department,  the  number  of  men  therein  and 
their  names,  the  number  and  names  of  all  members  who  have 
resigned  or  deceased,  or  who  have  been  discharged  during  the 
year,  and  all  statistics  and  .information  regarding  the  fires 
in  the  city  during  the  year,  the  losses  by  fire,  the  causes  of 
fire,  and  its  prevention  or  extinguishment,  and  such  other 
information,  and  make  such  recommendations  as  he  may 
deem  wise. 

RULE  2.     In  the  absence  or  upon  the  disability  of  the  chief,   l"  absence 

1  of  chief. 

the  deputy  chief  shall  act  in  his  place,  with  his  full  duties  and 
powers,  and  in  the  absence  or  upon  the  disability  of  the  chief 
and  deputy  chief,  the  captain,  senior  in  service  as  such  captain, 
shall  so  act. 

RULE  3.     During  the  temporary  absence  of  the  chief  from  Deputies, 
quarters   the   deputy   chief   shall   remain    in   quarters,   and   in 
absence  of  both  chief  and  deputy  chief,  the  senior  captain, 
as  aforesaid,  shall  be  empowered  to  act  as  chief. 

RULE  4.     All  general  orders,  and  when  consistent,  special  £jft"g in 
orders,  shall  be  given  in  writing,  and  a  record  kept  of   the 
same. 

DEPUTY    CHIEF. 

RULE  5.  Except  on  day  off  or  vacation,  the  deputy  chief 
shall  give  his  entire  time  to  the  interests  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment. It  shall  be  his  duty  to  answer  all  alarms  from  stations 


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ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


assigned  him  by  the  chief  and  to  take  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment during  the  absence  of  the  chief. 

RULE  6.  The  deputy  chief  shall  be  in  duty  at  a  station 
assigned  to  him  by  the  chief  when  the  chief  is  necessarily  called 
elsewhere  on  department  business  or  on  leave  of  absence,  and 
he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  chief  may  direct. 


Duties  of 
captains   of  com- 
panies. 


Duties  of 
captains  of  engine. 


Condition   of 
builcling.s. 


Members   provided 
\vitli    manu.il. 


Report 
incHicieiicy. 


CAPTAINS. 

RULE  7.  Captains  of  companies  shall  have  immediate  com- 
mand and  be  directly  responsible  for  discipline  and  condition, 
and  also  for  the  proper  care  of  the  horses,  apparatus  and  other 
equipment  under  their  charge ;  assume  command  at  fires  when 
they  are  the  first  to  arrive,  and  exercise  command  and  control 
until  a  superior  officer  arrives  and  assumes  command. 

They  shall  give  direction  to  drivers  to  feed,  groom  and 
exercise  the  horses  under  their  care. 

RULE  8.  Captains  of  engine  and  hose  companies  shall  see 
that  all  hose  carried  in  the  hose  wagon  shall  be  rearranged 
at  least  once  a  month. 

RULE  9.  The  captains  shall  see  that  the  buildings,  premiss. 
fixtures  and  furniture  are  kept  neat  and  clean,  and  that  the 
personal  habits  of  the  men  are  cleanly  and  wholesome.  They 
shall  not  permit  members  or  visitors  to  speak  disrespectfully 
of  any  officer  or  member  of  the  department.  They  shall  see 
that  the  beds  are  properly  aired  and  made  up  each  morning. 
The  housework  shall  be  completed  before  eleven  o'clock  a.  m., 
unless  an  alarm  of  fire  prevents.  They  shall  see  that  visitors 
are  treated  politely,  but  not  allowed  habitual  lounging  in  or 
about  company  quarters,  nor  shall  they  permit  members  of 
the  department  to  lounge  or  make  a  business  of  standing  on 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  the  station. 

RULE  10.  They  shall  see  that  every  member  of  their  respec- 
tive companies  is  provided  with  a  copy  of  the  manual,  and  that 
its  requirements  are  duly  observed,  and  they  shall  read  all  gen- 
eral and  special  orders  to  the  members  and  see  that  every  man 
makes  himself  familiar  with  the  same,  and  all  such  orders  shall 
be  kept  in  such  place  as  to  be  accessible  to  every  member  of 
the  company. 

RULE  n.  They  shall  report  to  the  chief  in  writing  any 
incapacity,  inefficiency,  neglect  of  duty,  insolence,  disobedience 
of  orders,  or  the  violation  of  any  rule,  regulation  or  order  of 
the  chief,  or  the  city  council,  of  which  they  shall  have  knn\vl- 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRE.  35 

edge,  and  any  failure  on  their  part  to  do  so  shall  be  considered 
a  breach  of  orders  and  subject  them  to  the  penalty  therefor. 

RULE  12.     They  shall  report  to  the  chief  all  accidents  that  J^eport^ 
may  occur,  and  such  facts  in  regard  to  the  same  as  may  come 
within  their  knowledge. 

RULE  13.  They  shall  make  a  report  to  the  chief  upon  the  J,6^  alarms 
prescribed  form  of  every  fire  or  alarm  of  fire.  They  shall 
report  to  the  chief  in  writing  the  name  of  every  member  of 
their  respective  companies  who  may  be  absent  from  duty  on 
account  of  sickness  or  injury,  and  whether  such  sickness  or 
injury  is  due  to  the  performance  of  fire  service,  and  they  shall 
also  on  the  first  day  of  each  week  forward  to  headquarters  a 
full  and  complete  statement  of  the  time  each  member  of  the 
company  has  been  absent  during  the  week,  and  also  a  list  of 
the  call  members  who  have  been  absent  from  roll  call  or  drill. 

RULE  14.  They  shall  report  to  the  chief  any  defect  or  need  £epa°prpardaetfuJ* 
of  repairs  on  the  apparatus  whenever  the  same  may  become 
apparent  and  on  the  first  week  day  of  each  month  shall  report 
the  condition  of  the  apparatus  and  a  statement  of  all  work 
done  on  account  of  their  respective  companies  that  may  be 
chargeable  to  the  fire  department,  and  shall  also  from  time  to 
time,  as  may  become  necessary,  make  requisition  upon  the 
chief  for  all  needful  supplies.  They  shall  see  that  no  city 
property  entrusted  in  their  charge  is  loaned  to  any  citizen 
without  permission  from  the  chief. 

RULE   15.     They  shall  on  the  first  Monday  in  April,  make  f0nnCMefreport 
true  and  accurate  returns  to  the  chief  of  all  property  of  the 
city  in  their  charge,  and  shall  report  the  name,  age,  residence 
and  occupation  of  each  member  of  their  respective  companies, 
both  permanent,  call  and  substitutes. 

RULE  16.  They  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
chief  may  require. 

RULE  17.     They  shall  examine  all  the  fire  hydrants  in  their  Examine  fire 

.       '  .  .  hydrants. 

respective  districts  as  to  their  location  and  condition  at  least 
once  a  month,  and  shall  immediately  report  to  the  chief  by 
telephone  any  hydrant  found  out  of  order. 

RULE  1 8.  They  shall  see  that  every  member  of  their  com- 
panies is  familiar  with  the  location  of  hydrants  in  the  district 
covered  by  their  companies  on  first  alarms. 

RULE  19.  They  shall  keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept,  a  company 
journal,  and  record  therein  all  absences  from  quarters  of  per- 
manent men,  the  purpose  or  reason  of  proposed  absence,  the 
exact  time  of  return,  the  reasons  therefor,  if  any  there  be,  in 


36 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Inspection  of 
buildings. 


Courteous 
manner. 


case  the  time  allowed  has  been  exceeded,  the  receipts  of  all 
supplies,  stating  quantity  and  kind,  and  all  alarms  or  stray 
blows,  members  absent  from  roll  call,  and  all  visits  of  superior 
officers.  Said  journal  to  be  open  to  inspection  by  all  superior 
officers  and  members  of  the  joint  committee  on  fire  depart- 
ment of  the  city  council. 

RULE  20.  They  shall  inspect,  or  cause  to  be  inspected, 
under  the  direction  of  the  chief,  all  buildings  within  their 
assigned  districts,  in  order  to  become  familiar  with  their  con- 
struction, the  class  of  business  carried  on,  the  class  of  goods 
on  each  floor,  and  whether  combustible  or  non-combustible. 
They  shall  see  if  the  entrances,  stairways,  halls  and  exits  are 
accessible,  and  learn  the  most  expedient  manner  of  attack  in 
case  of  fire,  together  with  such  further  observation  as  may 
subserve  the  interests  of  the  department.  They  shall  record 
all  inspections  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose  and  forward 
a  copy  of  said  record  to  the  chief.  Said  book  and  records 
shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  any  member  of  the  department, 
the  mayor,  or  the  city  council.  In  case  of  refusal  to  allow  an 
inspection  of  a  building,  said  refusal  must  be  reported  at  once 
to  the  chief. 

RULE  21.  While  doing  inspection  duty,  members  must  be 
courteous  and  civil  in  their  manner  and  language  and  must 
not  linger  unnecessarily  or  talk  or  interfere  with  the  employees 
of  the  building. 


Duties. 


LIEUTENANTS. 

RULE  22.  The  lieutenant,  in  the  absence  of  the  captain, 
shall  assume  all  the  duties  of  that  officer,  except  having  the 
control  of  the  department  at  fires  when  he  is  the  first  to  arrive. 
In  such  cases  he  shall  be  relieved  by  the  first  officer  of  superior 
rank  arriving,  and  shall  obey  his  orders  until  the  arrival  of 
his  own  captain. 

RULE  23.  The  lieutenant  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  the  captain  may  require,  and  shall  at  all  times  properly 
assist  him  in  the  management  of  the  company.  He  shall  also 
act  as  clerk  of  the  company. 

Lieutenants  of  chemical  companies  shall  assume  all  duties 
and  responsibilities  of  the  company  except  at  fires,  when 
they  will  be  subjeec  to  orders  from  their  ranking  officer. 


.  11.]  FIRE.  37 

ENGINEMAN. 

RULE  24.  The  engineman  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Duties, 
captain,  have  the  care  and  management  of  the  engine,  and 
shall  see  that  it  is  kept  in  good  condition  and  ready  at  all 
times  for  immediate  service,  and  if  any  of  the  parts  are  out 
of  order  he  shall  be  held  responsible  until  the  same  is  reported 
to  the  captain. 

He  shall  make  such  repairs  as  may  be  possible,  and  shall 
inform  the  captain  whenever  the  engine  may  need  materials 
or  repairs. 

He  shall  instruct  the  member  detailed  to  act  as  assistant 
engineman  in  regard  to  his  duties  upon  or  about  the  engine, 
and  shall  from  time  to  time  give  him  all  the  practical  instruc- 
tion possible. 

If  the  engine  has  not  been  worked  for  one  month,  it  shall  be  Condition 

1      ti     of 

taken  out,  a  steam  pressure  generated,  and  the  engine  shall 
be  worked  until  the  engineman  is  satisfied  that  all  parts  are 
in  good  working  order.  The  engine  must  be  turned  over  each 
day  and  placed  upon  a  different  center.  In  addition  to  the 
duties  herein  prescribed  the  engineman  shall  also  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  captain  or  chief  may  at  any  time  direct. 


ASSISTANT  ENGINEMAN. 

RULK  25.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  an  assistant  engineman  l 
to  assist  the  engineman  in  the  care  of  the  engine  and  obey  his 
orders  relative  to  the  same.  He  shall  at  all  times  have  the 
proper  amount  of  fuel  in  the  fire  box  for  immediate  firing,  and 
see  that  a  suitable  amount  of  fuel  is  constantly  at  hand  ready 
for  use.  He  shall  practice  under  the  direction  of  the  engine- 
man,  so  as  to  become  familiar  with  the  principles  of  construc- 
tion and  practical  working  of  the  engine,  and  as  far  as  possible 
become  qualified  to  take  the  exclusive  charge  and  working  of 
the  same,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  captain 
or  chief  mav  direct. 


DRIVERS. 

RULE  26.     Each   driver   shall,   under   the   direction   of   his  Duties, 
captain,  feed,  groom  and  exercise  the  horses  at  stated  hours, 
and  have  the  care  of  the  stable  and  harnesses. 


38 

Horses. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Racing  to  and 
from   fires. 


At  fires. 


Horses  shod. 


RULE  27.  Feeding  of  the  horses  shall  be  done  at  regular 
intervals,  and  they  shall  be  exercised  at  least  one  hour  in  each 
week  day,  the  weather  permitting,  when  the  horses  have  not 
performed  any  work  within  the  twenty-four  hours  next  pre- 
ceding, and  they  must  not  be  driven  faster  than  is  consistent 
with  the  safety  of  the  public  and  of  the  apparatus. 

Feeding  of  the  horses  shall  be  done  throughout  the  entire 
department  at  regular  hours  prescribed  by  the  chief. 

RULE  28.  In  exercising,  horses  must  not  be  driven  outside 
the  limits  prescribed  by  the  chief. 

RULE  29.  Xo  persons  shall  be  allowed  to  ride  on  the 
apparatus  while  exercising,  unless  said  person  be  a  member 
of  the  department. 

RULE  30.  Racing  to  or  from  fires  will  not  be  allowed 
under  any  circumstances.  Officers  in  command  and  drivers 
will  be  held  responsible  for  any  damage  caused  through  care- 
lessness on  their  part  in  driving  to  or  from  fires.  In  returning 
from  fires,  horses  shall  be  driven  at  a  moderate  rate  of  speed. 
No  person,  other  than  members  of  the  fire  department,  shall  be 
allowed  on  the  apparatus  going  to  or  returning  from  fires 
without  the  permission  of  the  chief. 

RULE  31.  Upon  arrival  at  a  fire  the  driver  shall,  when 
ordered  by  the  chief,  secure  shelter  for  the  horses,  after  which 
he  shall  promptly  report  to  the  captain  and  perform  such 
duties  as  may  be  required. 

RULE  32.  Xo  driver  of  any  apparatus  belonging  to  the 
department  shall  drive  or  run  over  any  hose  unless  it  cannot 
be  avoided. 

RULE  33.  When  the  horses  are  in  a  shop  for  shoeing,  the 
driver  shall  remain  with  them  and  shall  report  to  the  chief  any 
unnecessary  delay  or  work  improperly  executed,  and  shall 
allow  but  one  shoe  to  be  removed  at  a  time,  unless  otherwise 
ordered  by  the  chief. 

RULE  34.  In  addition,  the  drivers  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  the  captain  or  chief  may  direct. 


Designated 
by  chief. 


DRILL-MASTER. 

RULE  35.  The  chief  shall  designate  one  member  of  the 
department  to  act  as  drill-master. 

The  chief  shall  from  time  to  time  detail  the  different  mem- 
bers of  the  department  to  report  to  the  drill-master  that  he 
may  instruct  them  in  the  methods  and  appliances  so  that  they 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRE.  39 

may  become  proficient  in  their  duties.  Said  drill-master  shall 
have  power  and  authority  of  a  commanding  officer  while  per- 
forming such  drill  practice. 

CALL    MEN    AND    SUBSTITUTES. 

RULE  T>6.     Call  men  of  the  department  shall  report  at  their  call  men 

.          ,    .tl  .for   drills, 

respective  quarters   for  drill   when  ordered  to   do  so  by  the 

officer  in  command  of  their  company. 

RILE  37.  No  member  of  the  call  force  shall  leave  the  city 
for  any  period  of  time  without  first  notifying  the  officer  in 
charge  of  his  company  by  person  or  by  telephone. 

RULE  38.     At  an  alarm  of  fire  each  call  man  shall  report  as  fire 

quickly  as  possible  to  his  company  quarters,  "unless  his  ap- 
paratus responds  to  the  alarm,  and  remain  there  ready  for 
immediate  duty  until  the  recall  is  sounded.  Thirty  minutes 
shall  elapse  after  an  alarm  before  the  roll  is  called,  but  in 
case  the  recall  is  sounded  previous  to  the  expiration  of  this 
time,  the  captain  may  call  the  roll  and  dismiss  the  company, 
and  any  member  reporting  within  the  limit  of  time  shall 
not  be  marked  absent. 

Call   members  may  report  during  working  hours   to   their  Reporting 

for  duty. 

station,  or  to  the  officer  in  charge  at  a  fire,  by  telephone  from 
the  fire  station  nearest  to  their  place  of  employment,  on  all 
alarms  to  which  their  company  do  not  respond. 

RULE  39.  Any  call  member  intending  to  be  absent  from 
the  city  shall,  before  leaving,  give  due  notice  to  the  captain 
of  his  company,  who  shall  at  once  report  the  same  to  the  chief. 
In  the  event  of  such  absence  continuing  for  a  period  of  one 
week  or  more,  except  for  a  period  of  two  weeks  in  each  year 
to  be  designated  by  the  chief,  the  name  of  the  substitute  shall 
be  placed  upon  the  pay  roll  of  the  department,  and  he  shall 
be  paid  full  pay  for  the  period  in  which  he  serves,  the  amount 
to  be  deducted  from  the  pay  of  the  member  so  absent,  and  no 
absentee's  term  shall  be  considered  ended  until  he  reports  to 
his  captain  for  duty,  and  no  member  shall  be  absent  from  duty 
for  a  longer  period  than  one  month,  except  in  case  of  sickness 
or  injury,  unless  by  special  permission  of  the  chief. 

I\TLE  40.  Call  members  will  remain  in  the  district  covered 
by  them  on  first  alarms  on  the  night  preceding  the  Fourth  of 
July  and  during  the  whole  of  that  day. 

RULK  41.     All   captains  of   companies   that  have   call  men  Appointment 

of   substitutes. 

should   be   allowed   two   substitutes,   to  be   appointed   by   the 


40 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Duty   of 
substitutes. 


captain.  The  captains  shall  inform  themselves  in  regard  to 
the  substitutes'  general  character  and  habits.  Substitutes  will 
not  be  allowed  to  answer  for  any  member  present  in  the  city ; 
and  any  member  absent  from  a  fire  or  an  alarm  of  fire,  unless 
by  reason  of  sickness  or  injury  caused  by  fire  service,  shall 
forfeit  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  (500)  for  each  case  of  absence, 
unless  he  has  a  substitute. 

RULE  42.  Substitutes  shall  be  subject  to  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  fire  department  when  in  company  quarters 
or  on  duty.  Substitutes  shall  receive  fifty  cents  for  each  bell 
alarm  answered,  to  be  paid  at  the  next  pay  day  by  members 
employing  substitutes. 


Bearing   of 
officers. 


Officers  wear 
badge  to   desig- 
nate   position. 


Captains  at 
second   and   third 
alarms. 


Religious   or  polit- 
ical   discussions 
at    stations. 


GENERAL    RULES. 

RULE  43.  Officers  shall  be  just,  dignified  and  firm  in  their 
intercourse  with  subordinates,  being  careful  to  abstain  from 
violent,  abusive  or  immoderate  language  in  giving  orders  and 
directions,  as  well  as  in  conversation  with  them,  shall  see  that 
all  'rules  and  orders  are  strictly  carried  out  and  obeyed,  and 
report  by  well  sustained  charges  to  the  chief  any  transgression 
of  lawr,  ordinance,  rules  or  order. 

RULE  44.  Xo  officer  or  member  shall  appear  on  duty  with- 
out wearing  such  insignia  or  badge  as  designates  his  position. 
Commanding  officers  of  all  companies  shall  be  provided  with 
keys  to  inside  doors  of  signal  boxes,  and  the  officer  arriving 
first  at  a  fire  shall  send  in  calls  for  additional  apparatus  if  in 
his  judgment  it  is  deemed  necessary. 

RULE  45.  On  second  and  third  alarms,,  captains  of  engine 
or  hose  companies  shall  report  to  the  officer  in  command  for 
instructions,  and  at  a  first  alarm  for  fire  any  company  arriving 
and  finding  a  line  of  hose  already  laid  shall  report  to  the 
officer  in  command  before  laying  a  line. 

RULE  46.  Xo  one  will  be  appointed  on  or  discharged  from 
the  force  for  his  religious  or  political  opinions,  and  members 
will  avoid  all  religious  and  political  discussions  in  the  stations. 
Members  of  the  department  will  not  be  permitted  to  act  as 
members  of  any  political  committee,  or  attend  any  political 
convention  as  delegates,  or  be  allowed  to  hold  tickets  at  any 
public  election,  or  take  any  part  whatever  in  political  matters, 
other  than  to  exercise  the  right  of  suffrage.  On  election  day 
sufficient  time  will  be  allowed  each  permanent  member  of  the 
department  to  vote. 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRE.  41 

RULE  47.     Xo  member  of  the  fire  department  shall  incapa-  Use  of 

.  n/  intoxicants. 

citate  himself  through  the  use  of  intoxicants.  The  possession 
of  intoxicants  at  a  fire  station  or  at  fires  is  strictly  prohibited. 

RULE  48.     Gambling    with    any    instrument    or    device    for   Gambling, 
money,  liquor,  or  any  article  of  value,  shall  not  be  permitted 
in  or  about  any  of  the  houses  or  premises  occupied  by  the 
department. 

RULE  40.     There    shall    be    at    each    station,    except    when  Receiving 

visitors. 

company  is  absent  at  a  fire  or  an  alarm  of  fire,  one  member 
detailed  on  the  floor  from  8  a.  m.  to  9.30  p.  m.  to  receive 
visitors,  answer  all  questions  in  a  gentlemanly  manner,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him,  and 
such  member  so  detailed  shall  be  in  dress  uniform. 

RULE  50.     Repeated  complaints  against  any  member  of  the  incurring  debts, 
force  for  incurring  debts  especially  for  uniform,  rent  or  the 
necessaries    of  life,  shall  be  considered  a  breach  of  discipline, 
and  will  be  cause  for  the  dismissal  of  such  member  from  the 
service,  and  no  member  shall  be  allowed  to  assign  his  wages. 

RULE   51.     Members   of   the   permanent    force   will   not   be  Must  not  stand 

on  corners  in 

permitted  to  make  a  practice  of  standing  upon  the  street  cor-  uniform, 
ners  or  in  any  public  place  while  in  uniform. 

RULE  52.     Members  of  the  department  shall,  on  changing  ^kience0* 
their   places    of    residence,    promptly    notify    their    immediate 
superior  officer,  and  he  shall  immediately  report  the  same  in 
writing  to  the  chief. 

RULE  S3-     Xo  member  shall  use  the  fire  department  tele-  u^6  of  fire  depart  - 

1  ment   telephone. 

phone  after  9.30  o'clock  p.  m.,  except  in  case  of  sickness  or 
department  business. 

RULE  54.     Members   shall   not   smoke  while  on   the   street  Smoking, 
when  in  uniform  or  while  going  to  or  returning  from  a  fire 
or  an  alarm  of  fire. 

RULE  55.     No  officer  or  permanent  member  shall  leave  the  Leavin«  clty- 
city,  except  on  annual  vacation  or  days  off,  without  permission 
from  the  chief. 

RULE  56.     No  officer  or  permanent  member  shall  leave  his  L«'aviws 
quarters  without  the  permission  of  the  chief. 

RULE  57.  No  member  of  this  department  shall  be  allowed 
to  make  any  purchase  for  the  department  chargeable  to  the 
city,  except  by  written  order  of  the  chief. 

RULE  58.     One  hour  shall  be  allotted  to  each  member  of  Time  for  meals- 
the  department  in  which  to  procure  each  meal.     1On  Sunday 
one  hour  shall  be  allotted  to  each  member  of  the  department 

1  Amomlerl  January  0.  1012 


42 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  1.1.] 


Sick   and   injured 
members. 


Annu.-.l    vacation. 


Response   to 
alarms    while    on 
leave  of  absence. 


Leave  of  absence 
on  4th  of  July. 


Conduct  while  on 
leave  of  absence. 


Response   to 
alnrmp. 


First  alarm. 


who  may  request  it,  for  the  purpose  of  attendance  at  church 
service,  but  only  one  -member  of  a  company  shall  be  allowed 
the  hour  at  a  time.  Any  question  of  precedence  shall  be 
decided  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  company.  Members 
must  report  back  promptly  on  time,  failing  to  do  which  they 
shall  be  considered  as  absent  without  leave,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  an  additional  period  of  not  more  than  fifteen  min- 
utes time  may  be  allowed  at  the  discretion  of  the  officer  in 
charge  of  the  company.  -  Provided,  however,  that  an  additional 
period  of  not  more  than  fifteen  minutes  time  may  be  allowed 
at  the  discretion  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  company. 

RULE  59.  The  city  physician  shall  visit,  investigate  and 
report  the  condition  of  any  sick  or  injured  member  to  the 
chief,  and  if  such  investigation  proves  it  to  be  the  fault  or 
neglect  of  the  member,. he  shall  forfeit  pay  for  the  period  of 
such  disability. 

RULE  60.  Each  permanent  member  of  the  department  will 
be  allowed-  an  annual  vacation  of  fourteen  days  without  loss 
of  pay,  the  same  to  be  taken  at  such  time  within  the  year  as 
may  be  determined  by  the  chief,  but  each  member  must  have 
served  six  months  previous  to  the  vacation  period  before  he 
shall  be  allowed  a  vacation.  Each  permanent  member  of  the 
department  shall  also  be  allowed  one  day  off  in  six  without 
loss  of  pay.  Days  off  falling  within  the  vacation  period  shall 
be  considered  a  part  thereof. 

RULE  61.  On  leave  of  absence  not  specially  granted  by  the 
chief,  such  as  going  to  meals  or  on  errands  for  personal  pur- 
poses, the  members  will  respond  to  all  alarms  to  which  their 
apparatus  is  called,  and  they  shall  not  place  themselves  in  such 
position  as  will  prevent  them  from  being  able  to  do  so. 

RULE  62.  Applications  for  leave  of  absence  on  the  Fourth 
of  July  will  not  be  granted  and  all  members  absent  on  leave 
wrll  report  at  company  quarters  at  eight  o'clock  p.  m.  on  the 
day  preceding. 

RULE  63.  Officers  and  members,  while  on  leave  of  absence, 
will  be  held  accountable  for  their  conduct,  whether  in  uniform 
or  not. 

RULE  64.  All  companies  shall  respond  to  first,  second, 
third  and  general  alarms,  in  accordance  with  tables  issued 
from  time  to  time  by  the  chief. 

RULE  65.  When  a  first  alarm  for  fire  is  sounded,  all  com- 
panies assigned  to  that  box  will  at  once  respond,  and  members 
shall  in  as  orderly  and  efficient  manner  as  possible  exert 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRK.  43 

themselves  to  extinguish  the  fire.  They  shall  perform  such 
duty  as  may  he  required  of  them  by  their  superior  officers, 
and  any  failure  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  a  member  to  report 
for  duty  shall  subject  such  member  to  such  penalty  as  the 
city  o  mncil  may  determine ;  and  whenever  their  services  are 
not  required  at  a  fire,  they  shall,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by 
the  officer  in  command,  station  themselves  at  or  near  their 
apparatus. 

RULE  66.  Second,  third  and  general  alarms  will  be  given 
only  by  order  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  fire. 

RULE  67.  The  officer  in  command  at  a  fire  shall  relieve 
companies  when,  in  his  judgment,  their  services  are  no  longer 
required,  and  all  apparatus  returning  to  quarters  shall  do  so 
at  a  moderate  speed. 

Rule  68.  Captains  of  ladder  companies  shall  not  permit 
their  apparatus  to  come  within  one  hundred  feet  of  the  fire 
before  reporting  to  the  officer  in  command,  unless  it  is  appar- 
ent that  ladders  are  needed  in  which  case  they  shall  be  placed 
in  service  as  speedily  as  possible,  and  the  ladder  company 
arriving  first  at  a  fire  shall  be  aided  in  the  raising  of  the 
ladders,  etc.,  by  the  ladder  companies  that  arrive  later,  if  such 
aid  should  be  necessary. 

RUI.K  69.     While  on  duty  at  fires   the  greatest   degree   of   Discipline 

q*-    firfis 

silence  compatible  with  the  efficient  discharge  of  duty  will 
be  required,  and  noisy  conversation  or  boisterous  conduct  will 
be  considered  a  breach  of  discipline.  The  members  are  also 
expected  to  be  courageous  without  being  reckless,  and  to 
strictly  obey  all  orders  of  their  superior  officers,  and  cow- 
ardice, shirking  of  duty,  or  disobedience  of  orders  at  fires  will 
be  looked  upon  as  grave  offences  and  will  be  followed  by 
immediate  suspension  or  dismissal  from  service,  and  the  chief 
is  hereby  directed  to  suspend  any  member  guilty  of  these  acts 
at  fires. 

RULE  70.  If  the  services  of  members  are  not  actually 
required  at  a  fire,  they  shall  remain  at  or  near  their  apparatus, 
unless  otherwise  ordered  ;  and  they  will  hear  in  mind  that  in 
service  they  are  working  for  a  common  cause,  and  that  where- 
ever  useful,  under  command  of  an  officer,  there  is  their  place 
of  duty,  whether  with  their  own  company  or  not. 

RULE  71.  No  company  or  individual  member  of  the  fire 
department  shall  interfere  with  any  apparatus  or  property  in 
charge  of  another  company,  unless  by  order  or  permission  of 


44 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Apparatus 
for   trial. 


Criticism  of 
officers. 


Offenses  and 
punishment. 


the  commanding  officer,  or  the  officer  in  command  of  said 
company. 

RULE  72.  Xo  apparatus  shall  be  taken  out  for  trial  unless 
by  permission  of  the  chief,  and  when  such  permission  is  given 
the  captain  shall  be  authorized  to  call  his  company  together, 
and  if  any  member  who  has  been  duly  notified  shall  absent 
himself  on  that  occasion,  he  shall  be  fined  one  dollar. 

RULE  73.  All  members  of  the  department  shall  refrain 
from  criticising  any  officer  or  member,  and  tale  bearing  is 
positively  prohibited. 

RULE  74.  Any  member  of  the  department  may  be  pun- 
ished by  the  mayor  at  his  discretion,  either  by  reprimand  or 
by  forfeiture  of  pay,  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  for  any  one 
offence,  on  conviction  of  any  of  the  following  offences, 
to  wit : — 

1.  Intoxication. 

2.  Any    act   of    insubordination    or    disrespect    toward    a 
superior  officer. 

3.  Any  acts  of  oppression  or  tyranny. 

4.  Any  neglect  of  duty. 

5.  Any  violation  of  the  rules. 

6.  Any  violation   of   the   ordinances   relating  to   the   fire 
department. 

7.  Any  criminal  offence  of  which  he  may  be  convicted 
while  a  member  of  the  department. 

8.  Absence  without  leave. 

9.  Immoral  conduct. 

10.     Conduct  injurious  to  the  public  peace  or  welfare, 
n.     Incapacity,  mental  or  physical. 

12.  Any  breach  of  discipline. 

13.  Neglecting  or  refusing  to,  pay    a    debt    for    uniform 
clothing,  or  for  the  necessaries  of  life. 

14.  Contracting  a  debt  under  false  or  fraudulent  pretences. 

15.  Any  other  act  contrary  to  good  order  or  discipline. 

For  any  one  of  the  offences  before  enumerated,  any  mem- 
ber may  be  dismissed  from  the  department,  with  the  approval 
of  the  board  of  aldermen. 


UNIFORMS. 


RULE  75.  Each  permanent  member  of  the  fire  department 
shall  provide  himself  with  a  suitable  uniform  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  chief  and  approved  by  the  mayor,  and  shall 


CHAP.  11.]  EIRE.  45 

wear  said  uniform  while  on  duty,  except  at  fires.  Working 
suits  shall  not  be  worn  around  quarters  longer  than  is  neces- 
sary to  complete  the  work  for  which  they  are  worn. 

RULE  76.  It  is  required  that  on  the  street  (except  in  going 
to  or  from  fires)  the  coat  shall  he  buttoned  entire;  shoes,  but- 
tons and  "devices"  are  to  be  properly  polished,  and  the  person 
at  all  times  neatly  dressed. 

BADGES. 

RULE  77.  The  official  badge  and  insignia  of  the  depart- 
ment shall  be  the  same  as  that  in  use  at  the  time  of  the  adop- 
tion of  this  ordinance.  Members  of  the  department  in  uni- 
form are  required  and  directed  to  wear  the  department  badge 
on  the  left  breast  of  the  outside  coat. 

RULE  78.     When  a  badge  is  lost  by  any  member,  it  must  be  when  badge 
reported  immediately  to  the  chief,  who  will  furnish  another. 
The  chief  shall  charge  the  value  of  the  one  lost  or  destroyed 
to  the/nember,  the  amount  to  be  deducted  from  his  pay  unless 
lost  under  conditions  over  which  member  has  no  control. 

RULH  71;.  The  provisions  of  section  36  of  chapter  210  of 
the  revised  laws  with  reference  to  the  possession  of  the 
official  badge  of  a  member  of  the  department,  shall  not  apply 
to  persons  acting  as  substitutes  for  members  of  said  depart- 
ment, and  any  such  substitute  shall  be  permitted  to  wear  the 
department  badge  while  acting  as  such  substitute,  with  the 
permission  of  the  chief. 

RULE  80.     No   member  of   the   department   shall   loan   his  Loan  of  badge, 
badge  to  any  person,  except  with  the  permission  of  the  chief. 

ROLL    OF    MERIT. 

RULE  81.  The  names  of  such  officers  and  members  of  the 
department  as  may  have  distinguished  themselves  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties  by  saving  human  life  at  risk  of  their 
own  will  be  entered  upon  a  "Roll  of  Merit,"  which  will  be 

Roll    of   Merit. 

annually  published  in  the  report  of  the  department.  Officers 
in  charge  will  make  a  special  report  to  the  chief,  who  will 
advise  the  mayor,  whenever  any  member  performs  a  merit- 
orious or  daring  act,  giving  a  full  statement  of  the  facts. 

RULE  82.  Members  of  the  department  are  hereby  directed 
to  make  themselves  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  department,  and  all  general  and  special 
orders,  and  ignorance  thereof  will  not  be  considered  an  excuse 


46 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Observance  of 
rules  and  regu- 
lations. 


for  non-compliance.  A  strict  observance  of  rules  and  regula- 
tions is  insisted  upon,  and  a  failure  to  report  a  violation  to  the 
chief  or  officer  in  command  will  be  considered  a  dereliction  of 
duty  on  the  part  of  all  officers. 

Members  of  the  department  should  understand  that  these 
rules  and  regulations  are  not  intended  to  cover  every  case 
which  may  arise  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty.  Something 
must  necessarily  be  left  to  the  intelligence  and  discretion  of 
individuals ;  and  according  to  the  degree  in  which  they  show 
themselves  possessed  of  these  qualities,  and  to  their  zeal, 
activity  and  judgment  on  all  occasions,  will  be  their  claim  to 
future  promotion. 


These  eligible  for 
retirement. 


Disability. 


Age. 


Years  of  service. 


Retirement  of 
call    members. 


Provisions   for 
granting   pension. 


PENSIONING  FIREMEN.  - 

SECT.  8.  The  city  council  may,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  his  honor,  the  mayor,  or  of  the  chief,  or  upon  his  own  peti- 
tion pension  for  such  time  and  amount  as,  after  due  hearing 
thereon,  said  city  council  shall  determine : 

i st.  Any  member  of  the  department,  who,  by  reason  of 
permanent  disability  incurred  while  in  the  performance  of 
his  duty  as  a  fireman,  call-fireman,  or  substitute  fireman,  is  no 
longer  able  to  perform  active  service  as*a  fireman. 

2nd.  Any  member  of  the  department  who  is  sixty-five  (65) 
years  of  age  or  over,  and  who  has  served  faithfully  in  said 
department  for  not  less  than  twenty  (20)  years. 

3rd.  Any  member  of  the  department  v\7ho  has  served  faith- 
fully in  said  department  for  not  less  than  twenty  (20  i  years 
and  who  is  incapacitated  for  useful  service. 

SECT.  9.  Call  members  of  the  department  who  are  superior 
officers  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
given  the  option  of  retiring  with  their  present  rank  and 
receiving  a  pension  or  remaining  in  the  department  as  call 
privates.  Said  option  shall  be  exercised  within  thirty  days 
from  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance. 

SECT.  10.  Every  pension  granted  to  a  fireman  shall  be 
under  the  following  restrictions  and  subject  to  the  following 
provisions,  viz.:  i.  It  shall  be  payable  monthly.  2.  It  may 
be  increased,  diminished  or  revoked  at  any  time  after  due 
notice  to  the  pensioner  and  a  hearing  before  a  committee  of 
the  citv  council. 


]  Amended  Dec.  30,  1001. 
-  Amended  June  11,  1908 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRE.  47 

SECT.   ii.     The  city  physician  shall  examine  every  person  ^f0s^cal  con" 
recommended  for  or  applying  for  such  pension,  and  shall  fur- 
nish to  the  city  council  a  written  statement  in  regard  to  his 
physical  condition  so  far  as  it  affects  permanently  his  ability 
to  perform  active  service  as  a  fireman. 

SECT.  12.  The  chief  shall  furnish  to  the  city  council  a 
written  statement  of  the  circumstances  under  which  the  dis- 
ability  of  any  person  as  aforesaid,  was  incurred,  and  the 
sources  of  his  information  in  regard  to  the  same. 

SECT.   i?.     The  pension  granted  to  any  member  of  the  fire  Amount  of 

compensation. 

department  shall  not  exceed  one-half  the  amount  of  his  salary; 
provided,  however,  that  any  call  member  who  has  incurred 
permanent  disability  while  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  as 
fireman  may  be  granted  a  pension  to  an  amount  not  exceeding 
that  which  may  be  granted  a  permanent  member  of  the  depart- 
ment of  equal  rank. 

SECT.  14.  Chapter  n  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892, 
as  amended  to  Nov.  8,  1899,  and  all  ordinances  in  amendment 
thereof  and  supplementary  thereto,  be  and  the  same  hereby 
are  repealed. 


48 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAPTER  12. 


HEALTH. 


Health    depart- 
ment  in '  charge 
of  the  board  of 
health. 

P.  S.  c.  80,  §  8. 
Acts  '95,  c.  33b,  §1. 
Term   of  office. 


Shall   serve 
without   pay. 


Annual    report 
to  city   council. 


Duties  of  the 
board. 


Shall  make 
certain  con- 
tracts and 
regulations. 


Shall  send  bills 
to   treasurer. 


SECTION  i.  The  health  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  board  of  health,  which  shall  consist  of  three 
persons  not  members  of  the  city  council,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  a  doctor  of  medicine.  One  of  them  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  mayor  subject  to  the  confirmation  by  the  board  of  alder- 
men, some  time  during  the  month  of  January  of  each  year, 
to  hold  office  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  Mon- 
day in  February,  in  the  year  of  his  appointment. 

SECT.  2.  The  members  of  the  board  of  health  shall  serve 
without  compensation.  Suitable  accommodations  and  con- 
veniences shall  be  furnished  the  board  at  the  expense  of  the 
city,  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  public 
buildings. 

SECT.  3.  The  board  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Janu- 
ary, report  to  the  city  council  an  accurate  account  in  detail  of 
all  receipts  and  disbursements  during  the  past  financial  year, 
and  before  the  twentieth  day  of  January  of  each  year  shall 
submit  to  the  mayor  an  estimate  in  detail  of  the  appropriations 
required  by  the  health  department  for  that  financial  year. 

SECT.  4.  The  board  shall  be  vigilant  and  active  in  protect- 
ing the  public  health  ;  shall  see  that  the  laws  and  ordinances 
in  relation  to  the  same  are  enforced ;  shall  communicate  its 
views  to  the  city  council  from  time  to  time,  as  it  may  deem 
expedient,  and  may  call  upon  the  police  department  and  the 
various  city  officers  to  aid  it  in  the  performance  of  these  duties. 

SECT.  5.  The  board  shall  make  all  contracts  and  regula- 
tions for  the  cleaning  of  private  cesspools,  vaults  and  privies, 
and  all  contracts  for  such  work  shall  contain  the  condition  that 
such  work  shall  be  performed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  board 
of  health. 

SECT.  6.  Whenever  the  board  of  health  does,  or  causes  to 
be  done,  work  for  any  person,  it  shall  enter  in  books  kept  for 
that  purpose,  all  such  work  done,  with  the  price  thereof,  and 
shall  forthwith  make  out  bills  for  the  same,  and  deliver  them 


Amended  April  1,  1800. 


CHAP.  12.]  HEALTH. 

to  the  treasurer  for  collection,  who  shall  at  once  demand 
payment  of  the  same ;  and  the  board  shall,  on  the  first  day  of 
every  month,  report  in  writing,  to  the  auditor,  a  list  of  the  bills 
so  delivered,  and,  in  case  any  such  bills  or  dues  remain  unpaid 
at  the  expiration  of  thirty  days  after  demand  for  payment  as 
aforesaid,  the  treasurer  shall  collect  the  same  according  to  law. 

SECT.  7.  The  city  engineer,  under  the  direction  of  the  draining 
board  of  health,  is  authorized  to  permit,  under  such  restric- 
tions as  they  may  deem  expedient,  the  construction  of  sufficient 
passage  ways  or  conduits  under  ground  for  the  purpose  of 
conveying  the  liquid  contents  of  any  vault  into  any  common 
sewer. 


50 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


CHAPTER   13. 

CONSTRUCTION,     MAI  XTEN  ANCE,     AND     INSPEC- 
TION OF  BUILDINGS.1---"-4-5-0-7 


I'.uilding    dept.    in 
char  ire  of  a  super- 
intendent of  pub- 
lic buildings. 


Salary. 
Duties. 


Tenure  of  office. 


Appointment  of 

.-issistants. 


ADMINISTRATION. 

SECTION  I.  There  shall  be  in  the  city  of  Cambridge  a 
department,  to  be  called  the  building  department,  which 
shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a  superintendent  of  public 
buildings,  hereinafter  designated  as  the  superintendent, 
who  shall  also  be  the  inspector  of  buildings.  The  super- 
intendent, who  shall  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experi- 
ence as  an  architect  or  a  builder,  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board  of  alder- 
men. He  shall  receive  such  salary  as  shall  be  fixed  by 
ordinance.  He  shall  hav^sole  charge  of  the  construction 
inspection,  repair,  alteration,  care  and  custody  of  all  public 
buildings  of  the  city,  except  schoolhouses,  not  constructed 
for  or  by  any  other  special  department,  and  of  the  con- 
struction and  alteration  of  schoolhouses,  and  shall  supervise 
and  direct  the  construction  and  alteration  of  buildings  of 
other  departments  whenever  so  requested  by  any  such 
department. 

The  present  officers  and  employees  of  the  building  de- 
partment shall  hold  their  several  offices  and  positions  dur- 
ing their  term  of  office  or  until  removed  or  discharged 
according  to  law. 

The  superintendent  shall,  under  civil  service  rules,  with 
the  approval  of  the  mayor,  appoint  a  clerk  and  such  num- 
ber of  inspectors,  employees,  and  assistants  as  the  mayor 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  determine.  No  person  shall  be 
appointed  as  inspector  of  construction  who  has  not  had 
at  least  five  years'  experience  as  a  builder,  architect,  or 
as  a  superintendent  or  foreman,  or  competent  mechanic 
in  charge  of  building  construction. 

1  Amended  Dec.  24.  1000. 

2  Amended  July  23,  1901. 

3  Amended  Jan.  3,  1902. 

4  Amended  July  3,   1902. 
"Amended  July  7.  1904. 

n  Amended  Nov.  30.  1904. 

7  Amended  and  repeal  Jan.  2.  1908. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  51 

The  superintendent  may  appoint  as  his  deputy  an  in-  i)(M>uty  inspector, 
spector  in  the  department,  who  shall,  during  the  absence 
or  disability  of  the  superintendent  exercise  all  the  powers 
of  the  superintendent,  and  in  case  he  shall  fail  to  act,  the 
mayor  may  designate  such  a  deputy.  No  officer  connected 
with  the  department  shall  engage  in  any  other  business  or 
be  interested  in  the  doing  of  work  or  the  furnishing  of 
material  for  the  construction,  repair  or  maintenance  of 
any  building,  or  in  the  making  of  plans  or  of  specifications 
therefor,  unless  he  is-  the  owner  of  the  building  or  a 
member  of  the  board  of  appeal. 

The   clerk  of  the   department  shall,   under  the  direction   Rec0rds  of  the 
of  the  superintendent,  keep  a  record  of  the  business  of  the  ^partment. 
department,    and    the    superintendent    shall    submit    to    the 
mayor   a   yearly   report   of    such   business.      The    records    of 
the  department  shall   be  open   to   public   inspection.     The. 
superintendent     may     require     plans     and     specifications     of 
any  proposed  structure  or  for  the  alteration  of  any  struc- 
ture or  building  to  be  filed  with  him,  duplicates  of  which, 
when    approved    by    the    superintendent,    shall    be    kept    at 
the  building  during  the  progress  of  the  work.     Such  dupli- 
cate  shall   be   open   to   the   inspection   of  any   inspector   in 
said  department. 

The     superintendent     shall    grant     permits     for     the     con-  Permits  for  con- 

,   ,      .,  ,.  struction.  etc.,  of 

struction,  alteration,  removal  or  tearing  down  or  buildings  buildings, 
or    structures,    and    for    plumbing    and    setting    and    main- 
tenance of  steam  boilers  and  furnaces  when  application  for 
the  same  are  made  and  filed  in  conformity  with  lawr. 

All  permits  issued  by  the  superintendent  shall  be  on 
printed  forms  approved  by  him. 

If  the  superintendent  finds  that  the  terms  of  a  permit 
are  being  violated,  he  may,  after  notice  mailed  to  the 
person  to  whom  the  permit  was  -issued,  order  the  whole 
or  any  part  of  the  work  which  is  being  done  under  the 
permit  to  be  stopped,  and  such  work  shall  not  be  resumed 
until  the  terms  of  the  permit  have  been  complied  with,  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent. 

All  applications  for  permits  under  the  provisions  of  Api^Hcation  for 
this  ordinance  shall  be  in  writing,  on  forms  furnished  by 
the  department.  The  superintendent  may  require  the  ma- 
terial facts  set  forth  in  the  same,  to  be  verified  by  the  oath 
of  the  applicant;  he  may  also  require,  in  his  discretion, 
a  survey  of  a  lot  on  which  any  proposed  building  is  to  be 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Examination   of 
every   building 
in  course  of 
construction,  etc. 


Dangerous   or 
damaged    build 
ings. 


Unsafe 
buildings. 


Removal  of  un- 
safe  building  and 
close  of  public 
highway. 


erected  to  be  filed  with  the  application.     Every  application 
shall  state  the  name  and  address  of  the  owner. 

SECT.  2.  The  superintendent,  or  one  of  his  inspectors, 
shall  examine  as  often  as  is  practicable  every  building  in 
the  course  of  construction  or  alteration,  and  shall  make 
record  of  all  violations  of  this  ordinance  and  of  all  other 
matters  relative  thereto.  The  publication  of  such  records, 
with  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent,  shall  be  permitted. 

SECT.  3.  The  superintendent,  or  one  of  his  inspectors, 
shall  examine  any  building  reported  as  dangerous  or 
damaged,  and  shall  make  a  record  of  such  examination, 
stating  the  nature  and  estimated  amount  of  the  damage, 
and  the  purpose  for  which  the  building  was  used,  and  in 
case  of  fire,  the  probable  origin  thereof;  and  shall  examine 
all  buildings  in  respect  to  which  applications  have  been 
made  for  permits  to  raise,  enlarge,  alter  or  repair,  and 
shall  make  a  record  of  every  such  examination. 

SECT.  4.  The  superintendent,  or  one  of  his  inspectors, 
shall  inspect  every  building  or  other  structure  or  anything 
attached  to  or  connected  therewith  which  he  has  reason 
to  believe  to  be  unsafe  or  dangerous  to  life,  limb,  or  ad- 
joining" buildings,  and  if  he  finds  it  unsafe  or  dangerous, 
he  shall  forthwith  in  writing  notify  the  owner,  agent  or 
any  person  having  an  interest  therein  to  secure  the  same, 
and  shall  affix  in  a  conspicuous  place  upon  its  external 
walls  a  notice  of  its  dangerous  condition.  Said  notice 
shall  not  be  removed  or  defaced  without  his  consent. 

The  superintendent  may,  with  the  written  approval  of  the 
mayor,  order  any  building  which  in  his  opinion  is  unsafe  to 
be  vacated  forthwith. 

SECT.  5.  The  person  notified  as  provided  in  the  preceding 
section  shall  secure  or  remove  said  building,  structure,  at- 
tachment or  connection  forthwith.  If  the  public  safety  so 
requires,  the  superintendent,  with  the  approval  of  the 
mayor,  may  at  once  enter  the  building  or  other  structure, 
the  land  on  which  it  stands  or  the  abutting  land  or  building, 
with  such  assistance  as  he  may  require,  and  at  the  expense 
of  the  owner  secure  the  same  and  erect  such  protection 
for  the  public  by  proper  fence  or  otherwise,  as  may  be 
necessary,  and  for  this  purpose  may  close  a  public 
highway. 


CH.U>.  IS.]  BUILDINGS. 

BOARD  OF  APPEAL. 
SKIT.  6.     There  shall  be  in  the  city  of  Cambridge  a  board,  Board  of  appeal 

J  appointed  by 

to  be  called  the  board  of  appeal,  which   board  shall   consist  the  mayor, 
of  three  members,  including  always  one  architect  and  one 
master  builder,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject 
to  confirmation  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

In  the  month  of  March  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  temire^offlee 
eight  the  mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  as  afore- 
said, appoint  one  member  of  said  board,  who  shall  hold 
office  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  said 
month ;  one  member,  an  architect,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  said  month, 
and  one  member,  a  master  builder,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  said  month ; 
and  annually  thereafter  in  the  month  of  February  the 
mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  as  aforesid,  appoint 
one  member  of  said  board  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term 
of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  March  following. 

The    mayor    shall    likewise,    subject    to    confirmation,    as  Vacancr- 
aforesaid,  fill  all  vacancies  in  said  board  caused  by  death, 
resignation,  or  removal,  for  any  unexpired  term. 

Members  of  said  board  shall  hold  office  until  their  suc- 
cessors shall  have  been  appointed  and  shall  have  qualified. 

Any   member   of   said    board    may    be    removed    by   the  2S?p2dt/l?r 
mayor  for  malfeasance,  incapacity  or  neglect  of  duty,  subject  ne^lect  of  dlltr- 
to  approval  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

No  member  of  said  board  shall  sit  on  a  case  in  which  Substitutes. 
he  is  interested,  and  in  case  of  such  disqualification,  or  of 
the  necessary  absence  of  any  member,  the  other  two  mem- 
bers shall  appoint  a  substitute.  If  two  or  more  members 
are  so  disqualified  or  absent,  the  mayor  may  appoint  sub- 
stitutes to  act  during  disqualification  or  absence. 

The  clerk  of  the  building  department  shall  act  as  clerk  Clerk  of 
of  said  board.  The  reasonable  expenses  of  said  board, 
including  such  clerical  assistance  and  office  expenses  as 
shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  shall  be  paid  by  the  city 
of  Cambridge. 

SK.CT.  7.     An  applicant  for  a  permit  whose  application  has  Application  to  the- 

/  board   of  appeal. 

been  retused  by  the  superintendent  may  appeal  therefrom 
within  ninety  days.  A  person  may  appeal  from  any  decision 
of  the  superintendent  within  ten  days  after  being  notified 
of  such  decision,  by  giving  to  the  superintendent  notice  in 


ORDINANCES. 


L'CHAP.  13. 


Method  of 
decision   on 
application. 


Methods   of  con- 
struction or 
maintenance. 


Duties   of  the 
board. 


Any   requirement 
not  specified  in 
ordinance. 


writing  of  his  appeal.  Said  notice  or  a  certified  copy  thereof 
shall  be  a  once  transmitted  by  the  superintendent  to  the 
board  of  appeal.  After  notice  to  the  appealing  party,  the 
superintendent,  and  to  such  other  parties  as  the  board  shall 
order,  a  hearing  shall  be  had,  and  said  board  shall  affirm, 
annul  or  modify  said  refusal  by  order. 

Every  decision  of  said  board  shall  be  in  writing,  shall 
require  the  assent  of  two  members,  except  as  otherwise 
provided  herein,  shall  specify  the  variations  allowed  and 
the  reasons  therefor,  and  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
superintendent  within  ten  days  after  the  hearing.  A 
certified  copy  shall  be  sent  by  mail  or  otherwise  to  the 
applicant,  and  a  copy  kept  publicly  posted  in  the  office 
of  the  superintendent  for  two  weeks  thereafter.  If  the 
order  or  refusal  of  the  superintendent  is  affirmed,  such 
order  or  refusal  shall  have  full  force  and  effect.  If  said 
order  or  refusal  is  modified  or  annulled,  the  superintendent 
shall  issue  a  permit  in  accordance  with  said  decision. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  also  apply  to  any 
similar  action  or  orde^of  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.  8.  Methods  of  construction  or  maintenance  equally 
substantial  to  those  required  by  the  provisions  of  the 
ordinance  may  be  allowed  with  the  written  consent  of  the 
superintendent  and  the  board  of  appeal  specifying  such 
methods.  A  record  of  the  method  allowed  shall  be  kept 
in  the  office  of  the  superintendent. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  appeal  to  submit 
to  the  mayor  on  or  before  the  first  of  December  of  each 
year  a  report  giving  a  summary  of  all  decisions  of  the 
board,  together  with  such  recommendations  for  revision 
of  the  law  as  may  to  them  seem  advisable. 

Any  requirement  necessary  for  the  strength  or  stability 
of  .any  proposed  structure  or  the  safety  of  the  occupants 
thereof  not  specifically  covered  by  this  ordinance  shall  be 
determined  by  the  superintendent,  subject  to  appeal. 

SECT.  9.  The  fire  limit  districts  of  the  city  of  Cambridge 
shall  be  as  follows: 


Establishment. 


FIRE  LIMITS. 

(A)  For  the  better  protection  of  the  lives  and  property 
of  the  inhabitants  and  other  persons,  it  is  hereby  ordained 
that:  The  territory  at  and  within  the  distance  of  three 


CH  \r.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  55 

miles    from    the    present    city    hall    be    and    hereby    is    estab- 
lished as  a  fire  limit. 

(B)  Within  the  fire  limit,  as  established,  all  dwelling  Moans  of  egress. 
houses  of  more  than  two  stories  in  height,  now  or  here- 
after erected,  and  within  the  distance  of  ten  feet  from  any 
other  building  or  structure,  shall  be  furnished  with  a 
front  and  rear  stairway,  or  some  equally  safe  means  of 
egress. 

First.  Starting  from  the  westerly  end  of  Harvard  Bridge 
on  Massachusetts  Avenue  and  running  continuously  there- 
from on  both  sides  of  Massachusetts  Avenue,  including  La- 
fayette, Central,  Putnam,  Ouincy,  and  Harvard  squares,  and 
within  the  area  included  between  the  city  building  lines 
v/herever  established  on  said  Massachusetts  Avenue  and 
squares,  and  where  such  building  lines  are  not  established, 
within  the  area  included  between  the  lines  of  private  ownet- 
^hip  adjacent  to  the  lines  of  said  Massachusetts  Avenue 
and  squares  and  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to  the 
right  and  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and  every  point  of 
said  building  lines  and  said  street  lines  of  private  ownership 
on  both  sides  of  said  Massachusetts  Avenue  and  all  sides 
of  said  squares,  between  the  westerly  end  of  Harvard  Bridge 
and  the  Arlington  line.1 

Second.  Starting  from  the  westerly  end  of  Craigie  Bridge 
and  running  continuously  therefrom  on  both  sides  of  Bridge 
Street  to  and  including  Lechmere  Square,  and  thence  run- 
ning continuously  westerly  on  both  sides  of  Cambridge 
Street  to  and  including  Inman  Square,  and  within  the  area 
included  between  the  city  building  lines  wherever  estab- 
lished on  said  Bridge  and  Cambridge  streets  and  said 
squares  and  where  building  lines  are  not  so  established, 
within  the  area  included  between  the  line  of  private  owner- 
ship adjacent  to  the  lines  of  said  Bridge  and  Cambridge 
streets  and  said  squares  and  a  line  distant  one  hundred 
feet  to  the  right  and  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and 
every  point  of  said  building  lines  and  said  street  lines  of 
private  ownership  on  both  sides  of  said  Bridge  and  Cam- 
bridge streets,  and  all  sides  of  said  squares  between  the 
westerly  end  of  Craigie  Bridge  and  Inman  Square  as 
aforesaid. 

Third.  Starting  from  the  harbor  commissioners'  line  on 
the  westerly  side  of  Charles  River  on  the  westerly  end 

1  Amended  June  21,  1912. 


5G  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

of  Cambridge  Bridge,  and  running  continuously  on  both 
sides  of  Main  Street  to  and  including  Kendall  Square  and 
Smith  Square,  .and  thence  running  continuously  westerly 
on  both  sides  of  said  Main  Street  to  its  intersection  with 
Massachusetts  Avenue  at  Lafayette  Square  and  with  the 
area  included  between  the  city  building  lines  wherever 
established  in  said  Alain  Street  and  said  squares  and 
where  building  lines  are  not  so  established  within  the 
area  included  between  the  lines  of  private  ownership  ad- 
jacent to  the  lines  of  said  Main  Street  and  said  squares 
and  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to  the  right  and  left 
at  right  angles  from  each  and  every  point  of  said  building 
lines  and  said  street  lines  of  private  ownership  on  both 
sides  of  said  Main  Street  and  all  sides  of  said  squares 
between  the  harbor  commissioners'  line  on  the  westerly 
end  of  Cambridge  Bridge  to  Lafayette  Square  as  aforesaid. 
Fourth.  All  that  territory  which  lies  south  and  west  and 
is  bounded  northerly  and  easterly  by  the  first  fire  dis- 
trict above  described,  and  is  included  on  all  its  other  sides 
within  and  is  bounded  westerly  and  southerly  by  the  fol- 
lowing lines :  Commencing  at  a  pShit  in  the  westerly  limit 
of  said  first  fire  district  one  hundred  feet  northerly  from 
the  northerly  line  of  Church  Street,  thence  running  con- 
tinuously southwesterly  and  southerly  on  a  line  distant  one 
hundred  feet  at  right  angles  from  each  and  every  point  of 
the  northerly  or  westerly  line  of  said  Church  Street  to 
Brattle  Street,  and  thence  across  said  Brattle  Street,  at 
right  angles  therewith,  and  then  continuing  in  the  same 
line  to  a  point  on  property  of  private  persons  distant  one 
hundred  feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Brattle 
Street ;  thence  running  easterly  continuously  on  a  line 
distant  one  hundred  feet,  at  right  angles,  from  each  and 
every  point  of  the  southerly  line  of  said  Brattle  Street, 
across  Brattle  Square  to  the  intersection  of  the  southerly 
line  of  Mt.  Auburn  Street  with  said  Brattle  Square ;  thence 
northeasterly  continuously  along  and  bounded  by  the  south- 
erly line  of  Mt.  Auburn  Street  to  Putnam  Square  and  the 
southerly  boundary  line  of  the  first  fire  district  above 
mentioned. 

Fifth.  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  with  the  westerly  line  of  Sixth  Street 
and  running  continuously  westerly  therefrom  on  the  south- 
erly side  of  Broadway  to  Clark  Street  and  within  the  area 


.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  57 

included  between  the  lines  of  private  ownership  adjacent 
to  the  southerly  line  of  said  Broadway  and  a  line  distant 
one  hundred  feet  to  the  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and 
every  point  of  said  street  lines  of  private  ownership  on 
the  southerly  side  of  Broadway,  between  said  Sixth  Street 
and  said  Clark  Street. 

Sixth.  All  that  territory  which  is  included  between  the 
following  lines :  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  the 
westerly  line  of  Third  Street  with  the  southerly  line  of 
Broad  Canal ;  thence  running  continuously  northwesterly 
along  and  bounded  by  the  southerly  line  of  said  Broad 
Canal  and  the  division  line  between  Wards  two  and  three 
to  the  southerly  line  of  said  Potter  Street;  thence  running 
continuously  w.esterly  along  and  bounded  by  the  southerly 
line  of  said  Potter  Street  to  the  easterly  line  of  Portland 
Street;  then  running  continuously  southerly  along  and 
bounded  by  said  easterly  line  of  Portland  Street  to  the 
northerly  line  of  Broadway;  thence  running  continuously 
easterly  along  across  Mechanics'  Square  and  bounded  by 
the  northerly  line  of  said  Mechanics'  Square  and  said 
Broadway  to  the  westerly  line  of  said  Third  Street;  thence 
running  continuously  northerly  along  and  bounded  by  the 
westerly  line  of  said  Third  Street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Seventh.  All  that  territory  which  lies  south  and  is  bounded 
northerly  by  the  second  fire  district,  above  described,  and 
is  included  on  all  its  other  sides  within  and  is  bounded 
easterly,  southerly  and  westerly  by  the  following  lines : 
Commencing  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  limit  of  said 
second  fire  district  on  the  westerly  side  of  First  Street 
one  hundred  feet  southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of 
Cambridge  Street ;  thence  running  continuously  southerly 
along  and  bounded  by  said  westerly  line  of  First  Street  to 
the  northerly  line  of  Spring  Street;  thence  running  con- 
tinuously westerly  along  and  bounded  by  said  northerly 
line  of  said  Spring  Street  across  said  Third  Street  to  a 
point  distant  one  hundred  feet  westerly  from  the  westerly 
line  of  said  Third  Street ;  thence  running  northerly  con- 
tinuously therefrom  on  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to 
the  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and  every  point  of  the 
street  lines  of  private  ownership  on  said  westerly  side  of 
Third  Street  to  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  Street 
and  the  second  fire  district  above  described. 

Starting  on  the  westerly  line  of   Fast   Street  at 


Amended  June  21,  1912. 


58  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

the  boundary  line  of  the  second  fire  limit  district,  thence 
running-  on  said  westerly  line  of  East  Street  to  the  south- 
erly line  of  the  location  of  the  Southern  Division  of  the 
Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  thence  running  westerly  on  said 
southerly  line  of  location  of  said  railroad  continuously 
to  the  Somerville  line,  thence  southerly  on  said  Somerville 
line  to  the  northerly  line  of  said  Bridge  Street,  thence 
southeasterly  on  said  northerly  line  of  said  Bridge  Street 
continuously  to  the  boundary  line  of  the  second  fire  limit 
district  at  Lechmere  Square,  including  all  that  territory 
which  lies  between  the  said  northerly  line  of  Bridge  Street 
and  southerly  location  of  said  railroad  and  easterly  of 
that  portion  of  the  Somerville  line  between  said  Bridge 
Street  and  said  railroad,  extending  continuously  easterly 
to  said  westerly  line  of  East  Street,  not  including,  how- 
ever, any  portion  of  the  second  fire  limit  district  heretofore 
established. 

1Ninth.  Starting  at  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line 
of  Gore  Street  with  the  westerly  line  of  Fifth  Street 
and  running  continuously  weste^  therefrom  on  the  said 
northerly  line  of  Gore  Street  to  the  Somerville  line,  and 
within  the  area  included  between  the  line  of  private  own- 
ership in  said  Cambridge  adjacent  to  the  northerly  line  of 
said  Gore  Street  and  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to 
the  right  at  right  angles  from  each  and  every  point  of 
said  street  lines  of  said  private  ownership  on  the  northerly 
side  of  Gore  Street  between  said  Fifth  Street  and  said 
Somerville  line. 

1Tenth.  Starting  at  the  northwesterly  extremity  of  the 
building  line  of  the  third  fire  limit  district  on  the  north- 
erly line  of  Harvard  Street  at  Smith  Square  and  running 
continuously  therefrom  northwesterly  on  the  said  northerly 
line  of  Harvard  Street  to  the  easterly  line  of  Burlcigh 
Street,  thence  running;  northerly  on  said  easterly  line  of 
Burleigh  Street  to  the  southerly  line  of  the  fifth  fire  limit 
district,  thence  running  northwesterly  on  said  southerly 
line  of  the  fifth  fire  limit  district  to  the  easterly  line  of 
Portland  Street,  thence  running  southwesterly  on  the  ea<t- 
erly  line  of  Portland  Street  to  the  southerly  line  of  Har- 
vard Street,  thence  running  southeasterly  on  the  southerly 
line  of  Harvard  Street  to  the  easterly  line  of  Munson 
Street,  thence  running  southwesterly  on  said  easterly  line 

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BUILDINGS.  59 


<>f  -aid  Munson  Street  to  the  northerly  line  of  Hasting? 
Street,  thence  running  southeasterly  on  the  northerly  line 
<»f  Hastings  Street  and  so  on  continuously  in  the  same 
direction  until  it  reaches  the  northerly  boundary  line  of 
the  third  fire  limit  district;  and  within  the  areas  included 
between  the  lines  of  private  ownership  adjacent  to  the 
said  northerly  line  of  Harvard  Street  to  the  easterly  line 
of  Burleigh  Street  and  the  southerly  line  of  Harvard  Street 
and  lines  within  the  territory  just  described  respectively 
one  hundred  feet  to  the  right  of  the  northerly  line  of 
Harvard  Street  to  the  easterly  line  of  Burleigh  Street  and 
to  the  left  of  the  southerly  line  of  Harvard  Street  to  the 
easterly  line  of  Mini  son  Street  at  right  angles  from  each 
and  every  point-  of  all  said  street  lines  of  private  owner- 
ship upon  said  Harvard  Street  and  including  all  the  ter- 
ritory described  bounded  by  Burleigh,  Harvard,  and  Port- 
land streets  and  the  southerly  line  of  the  fifth  fire  limit 
district  and  all  the  territory  easterly  of  said  part  of  said 
Munson  Street  to  the  northerly  boundary  line  of  the  third 
fire  limit  district,  not,  however,  included  in  .any  of  the 
third  or  fifth  fire  limit  districts  heretofore  established 
within  the  territory  just  described. 

1  Eleventh.  All  that  territory  which  lies  north  of  the  Boston 
&  Albany  Railroad  and  is  bounded  easterly  by  the 
third  fire  limit  district  and  westerly  by  the  first  fire 
limit  district. 

^-Twelfth.  All  that  territory  which  lies  north  westerly  of 
Boylston  Street  and  is  bounded  northeasterly  by  Mt. 
Auburn  Street  and  Brattle  Square,  northwesterly  by  Brat- 
tle Square  and  Eliot  Square,  westerly  and  southerly  by 
Eliot  Square  .and  Eliot  Street,  not,  however,  included  in 
the  fourth  fire  limit  district  heretofore  established. 

In  this  ordinance  the  titles  Lafayette  Square,  Central 
Square,  Putnam  Square,  Ouincy  Square  and  Harvard 
Square,  Lechmere  Square,  Inrnan  Square,  Kendall  Square, 
and  Smith  Square  shall  mean  the  respective  areas  included 
within  the  following  boundaries,  viz. : 

LAFAYETTE  SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northerly  line  of  Main 
Street  at  its  intersection  with  easterly  line  of  Columbia 
Street ;  thence  southerly  by  a  line  .at  right  angles  to  said 

Amended  June  21.  1012. 


00  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13> 

line  of  Main  Street  seventy  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
southerly  line  of  Main  Street ;  thence  westerly  along  the 
southerly  line  of  Main  street  about  three  feet  to  the  tan- 
gent point  of  a  curve;  thence  westerly,  southerly  and  east- 
erly along  said  curve  of  18  feet  radius  about  46.2  feet  to 
its  other  tangent  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts Avenue ;  thence  southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right 
angles  to  said  line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  about  91  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts Avenue ;  thence  northwesterly  along  said  south- 
westerly line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  about  202  feet; 
thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  south- 
westerly line -of  Massachusetts  Avenue  103  feet  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  northeasterly  line  of  said  avenue ;  thence 
easterly  along  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts  Ave- 
nue and  the  northerly  line  of  Alain  Street  about  179  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  of  Columbia  Street 
at  the  point  of  beginning. 


CENTRAL    SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  .a  point  in  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts Avenue  at  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line 
of  Western  Avenue ;  thence  westerly  along  said  southerly 
line  about  124  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southeasterly 
line  of  Magazine  Street ;  thence  southwesterly  along  said 
southeasterly  line  of  Magazine  Street  about  140  feet  to  its 
intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Green  Street; 
thence  northwesterly  along  said  southwesterly  line  of 
Green  Street  about  227  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
northerly  line  of  Western  Avenue ;  thence  easterly  along 
said  northerly  line  of  Western  Avenue  about  191  feet  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Central 
Square ;  thence  northeasterly  along  said  northwesterly  line 
of  Central  Square  about  191  feet  to  its  intersection  with 
the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue :  thence 
southeasterly  along  said  northeasterly  line  of  Massachu- 
setts Avenue  about  182  feet;  thence  southwesterly  by  a 
line'  at  right  angles  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachu- 
setts Avenue  about  103  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  at  the  point 
of  beginning. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  61 

PUTNAM    SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  tlie  southwesterly  line  of  Mt. 
Auburn  Street  at  its  intersection  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Putnam  Avenue;  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Put- 
nam Avenue  92  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  south- 
westerly line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue ;  thence  northeast- 
erly by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of  Massachusetts 
Avenue  62  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly 
line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue ;  thence  southeasterly  along 
said  northeasterly  line  about  215  feet;  thence  southwest- 
erly by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Massachusetts  Avenue  about  66  feet  to  its  intersection 
with  said  southwesterly  line ;  thence  along  the  southwest- 
erly line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  and  Mt.  Auburn  Street 
about  190  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  westerly  line  of 
Putnam  Avenue  at  the  point  of  beginning. 


QUINCY    SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard 
Street  at  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  of  Quincy 
Street;  thence  southerly  along  said  line  of  Quincy  Street 
about  211  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly 
line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue ;  thence  northwesterly  along 
said  southwesterly  line  about  300  feet;  thence  northeasterly 
by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  southwesterly  line  at  about 
"85  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Harvard  Street;  thence  southeasterly  along  s.aid  line  of 
Harvard  Street  about  198  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
easterly  line  of  Quincy  Street  at  the  point  of  'beginning. 

HARVARD   SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northwesterly  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts Avenue  at  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line 
of  Brattle  Street ;  thence  in  a  generally  northerly  direc- 
tion along  said  line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  about  552 
feet ;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the 
said  line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  about  67  feet  to  its 
intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts 
Avenue ;  thence  southerly,  easterly  and  northerly  by  a 
curved  line  of  38  feet  radius  about  100  feet;  thence  easterly 
by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  westerly  line  of  Peabody 


ORDINANCES.  [CHAI-.  KI. 

Street  66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  nf 
Peabody  Street;  thence  southerly  along-  said  easterly  line 
about  433  feet;  thence  southerly  and  easterly  by  a  curved 
line  of  varying  radius  about  188  feet ;  thence  southwesterly 
about  88  feet  to  the  intersection  of  the  southwesterly  line 
of  Massachusetts  Avenue  with  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Dunster  Street;  thence  northwesterly  along-  the  south- 
westerly line  of  Massachusetts  Avenue  about  218  feet  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Massachu-- 
setts  Avenue;  thence  northeasterly  along  said  northwest- 
erly line  about  40  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly 
line  of  Brattle  Street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

LECH  MERE  SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge 
Street  at  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Bridge  Street;  thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Cam- 
bridge Street  about  343  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
northwesterly  line  of  Lechmere  Square ;  thence  north- 
easterly along  said  northwesterly  line  of  Lechmere  Square 
about  219  feet,  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly 
line  of  Bridge  Street;  thence  southeasterly  along  said 
northeasterly  line  of  Bridge  Street  about  318  feet,  thence 
southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  northeast- 
erly line  of  Bridge  Street  about  77  feet  to  its  intersection 
with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Bridge  Street  at  the  point 
of  beginning. 

INMAN    SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge 
Street  at  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Hampshire  Street ;  thence  southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right 
angles  to  said  line  of  Hampshire  Street  66  feet  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Hampshire  Street ; 
thence  northwesterly  along  said  line  of  Hampshire  Street 
about  85  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of 
Cambridge  Street ;  thence  westerly  along  said  southerly 
line  of  Cambridge  Street  about  121  feet;  thence  northerly 
by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of  Cambridge  Street 
66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Cam- 
bridge Street,  at  the  tangent  point  of  a  curve :  thence 
easterly  and  northerly  along  said  curve  of  1.275  feet  radius 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDJNGS,  63 

about  315  feet  to  its  other  tangent  point  in  the  south-- 
westerly line  of  Hampshire  Street;  thence  by  a  line  at 
right  angles  to  said  line  of  Hampshire  Street  66  feet  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Hampshire 
Street;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  northeasterly  line 
of  Hampshire  Street  about  120  feet  to  its  intersection  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Cambridge  Street ;  thence  easterly 
along  said  northerly  line  of  Cambridge  Street  92  feet; 
thence  southwesterly  across  Cambridge  Street  about  67 
feet  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

KKNDALL    SOUAKK. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Broad- 
way at  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of 
Third  Street;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  line  of 
Broadway  about  318  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  north- 
erly line  of  Main  Street ;  thence  by  a  line  at  right  angles 
to  said  northerly  line  of  Main  Street  70  feet  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  southerly  line  of  Main  Street ;  thence 
westerly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Main  Street  about  380 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of 
Third  Street  produced  and  extended  southerly;  thence 
northeasterly  along  said  extension  and  northwesterly  line 
of  Third  Street  about  218  feet  to  its  intersection  with 
the  northeasterly  line  of  Broadway,  at  the  point  of 
beginning. 

SMITH    SQUARE. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard 
Street,  at  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of 
Sixth  Street;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  line  of  Har- 
vard Street  about  224  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  north- 
erly line  of  Main  Street;  thence  southerly  by  a  line  at  right 
angles  to  said  line  of  Main  Street  70  feet  to  its  intersection 
with  the  southerly  line  of  Main  Street;  thence  westerly 
along  said  southerly  line  about  223  feet;  thence  northerly 
by  a  line  .at  right  angles  to  said  southerly  line  about  120 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Har- 
vard Street;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles 
to  said  southwesterly  line  of  Harvard  Street  50  feet  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard 
Street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Every  building  hereafter  erected  within  the  fire  limit 
districts  shall  be  of  the  first  or  second  class.  This  restric- 
tion shall  not  apply  to  wharves,  nor  to  buildings  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty-seven  feet  in  height  on  wharves,  nor  to 
market  sheds  or  market  buildings  not  exceeding  such 
height,  nor  to  buildings  for  the  storage  of  coal,  wood, 
lumber,  or  grain,  if  the  external  parts  of  said  buildings, 
elevators  and  structures  are  covered  wTith  slate,  tile,  metal 
or  other  equally  fireproof  material,  and  the  mode  of  con- 
struction and  the  location  thereof  are  approved  by  the 
Superintendent.  Temporary  structures  to  facilitate  the 
prosecution  of  any  authorized  work  may  be  erected  under 
such  conditions  as  the  Superintendent  may  prescribe. 

SECT.  10.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply 
to  bridges,  quays  or  wharves,  nor  to  buildings  on  land 
ceded  to  the  United  States  or  owned  and  occupied  by  the 
Commonwealth,  nor  to  the  Middlesex  County  court-house, 
jail,  house  of  correction,  nor  to  railroad  stations,  nor  to 
portable  school  buildings  erected  and  maintained  by  the 
city,  nor  to  voting  booths. 

Except  as  otherwise  pr<%ided  by  law,  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  not  be  held  to  deprive  any  board 
or  department  of  the  city  of  Cambridge  of  any  power  or 
authority  which  they  have  at  the  date  of  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  or  of  the  remedies  for  the  enforcement  of 
the  orders  of  said  .boards  or  officers,  unless  said  power-, 
authorities  or  remedies  are  inconsistent  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance ;  nor  to  repeal  any  existing  law  or  ordi- 
nance not  herein  expressly  repealed,  except  so  far  as  it  may 
be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 


Terms. 


First   class 
building. 


DEFINITIONS. 

SECT.  ii.  In  this  ordinance  the  following  terms  shall  have 
the  meanings  respectively  assigned  to  them : 

First-class  building:  A  first-class  building  shall  consist 
of  fireproof  material  throughout,  with  floors  constructed 
of  iron,  steel  or  reinforced  concrete  beams,  filled  in  between 
with  terra-cotta  or  other  masonry  arches  or  with  concrete  or 
reinforced  concrete  slabs;  wood  may  be  used  only  for  under 
and  upper  floors,  windows  and  door  frames,  sashes,  doors, 
interior  finish,  hand  rails  for  stairs,  necessary  sleepers  bed- 
ded in  the  cement,  and  for  isolated  fiirrings  bedded  in 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  65 

mortar.     There  shall  be  no  air  space  between   the  top  of 
any  floor  arches  and  the  floor  boarding. 

Second-class  building:  All  buildings  not  of  the  first  class, 
the  external  and  party  walls  of  which  are  of  brick,  stone,  iron, 
steel,  concrete,  reinforced  concrete,  concrete  blocks,  or  other 
equally  substantial  and  fireproof  material. 

Third-class  building:    A  wooden  frame  building. 

Composite  building:  A  building  partly  of  second-class  and 
partly  of  third-class  construction. 

Knundation:     That  part  of  a  wall  below  the  level  of  the  Foundation. 
street  curb,  or,  if  a  wall  is  not  on  a  street,  that  part  of  the 
wall  below  the  level  of  the  highest  ground  next  to  the  wall, 
or,    if   so   construed   by   the   superintendent,    that   part   of   a 
party  or  partition  wall  below  the  cellar  floor. 

Height  of  a  building:   The  vertical  distance  of  the  highest   Height  of 
point  of  the  roof  above  the  mean  grade  of  the  curbs  of  all   buildin£- 
the  streets  upon  which  it  abuts,  and  if  it  does  not  abut  on  a 
street,  above  the  mean  grade  of  the  ground  adjoining  the 
building. 

Party  wall:    A  wall  that  separates  two  or  more  buildings   party  waii. 
and  is  used  or  adapted  for  the  use  of  more  than  one  building. 

Partition  wall:    An  interior  wall  of  masonry  in  a  building.   * 

Thickness  of  wall:   The  minimum  thickness  of  such  wall.     Thickness. 

Story  of  a  building:    That  part  of  a  building  between  the   story- 
top  of  any  floor  beams  and  the  top  of  the  floor  or  roof  beams 
next  above. 

Basement:    That  story  of  a  building  not  more  than  forty   Basement. 
per  cent,  of  which  is  below  the  grade  of  the  street. 

Cellar:  That  story  of  a  building  more  than  forty  per  cent.  Cellar, 
of  which  is  below  the  grade  of  the  street,  and  in  third-class 
buildings  that  part  of  the  building  which  is  below  the  sills  or 
below  the  first  floor  beams. 

K1<:<JU[RKMENTS  FOR  ALL  BUILDINGS  HEREAFTER 
ERECTED  OR  ALTERED. 

SECT.   12.     No   building,   structure   or   foundation   shall   be  Building  permits, 
constructed  or  altered  without  a  permit,  and  such  work  shall 
be  done  in  accordance  with  drawings  bearing  the  approval  of 
the  superintendent. 

Every    structure    in    process    of    construction,    alteration,  ^g§JJ*  Curing 
repair  or  removal,  and  every  neighboring  structure  or  por-   erection. 
tion  thereof  affected  by  such  process  or  by  any  excavation. 


66 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Usi»  of   leaders. 


Chimney   flue. 
Access  to  roof. 


Egress  in  case 
of  fire. 


Frost. 


Construction  of 
chimneys. 


Water  closets. 


Materials   in   flrst- 
r-lns*    building. 


shall  be  supported  during  such  process  satisfactorily  to  the 
superintendent. 

The  superintendent  may  take  such  measures  as  the  public 
safety  requires  to  carry  these  provisions  into  effect. 

All  buildings  shall  have  leaders  sufficient  to  discharge  the 
roof  water  in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  flow  upon  any  public 
way  or  any  neighboring  property.  Such  leaders  may  project 
into  a  public  way  not  over  seven  inches,  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  superintendent. 

Every  chimney  flue  shall  extend  at  least  four  feet  above 
the  highest  point  of  contact  with  the  roof. 

Every  permanent  building  more  than  twenty  feet  high  hav- 
ing a  flat  roof  shall  have  permanent  means  of  access  to  the 
roof  from  the  inside  of  an  opening  not  less  than  two  feet  oy 
three  feet,  with  a  fixed  step-ladder. 

Every  building  shall  have,  with  reference  to  its  height, 
condition,  construction,  surroundings,  character  of  occupa- 
tion, and  number  of  occupants,  reasonable  means  of  egress 
in  case  of  fire,  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent,  except  that 
in  all  factories  or  workshops  hereafter  built  or  altered,  of 
second-class  construction^vhere  ten  or  more  persons  arc 
employed  above  the  third  floor,  one  exit  shall  consist  of  a 
fireproof  stairway  enclosed  in  incombustible  material. 

Water  pipes  in  every  building  shall  be  properly  protected 
from  frost. 

All  chimneys  of  masonry  construction  shall  have  walls  at 
least  eight  inches  thick,  or  be  constructed  of  four-inch  brick 
walls  with  a  suitable  flue  lining,  and  plastered  on  the  outside 
up  to  the  underside  of  the  roof  boards. 

Every  building  where  persons  are  employed  shall  have  at 
least  one  water-closet  for  every  twenty  persons  therein  em- 
ployed, and  in  any  building  where  both  sexes  are  employed, 
separate  acommodations  shall  be  furnished  for  men  and 
women.  Every  enclosure  containing  one  or  more  water- 
closets  shall  be  provided  with  ventilation  satisfactory  to  the 
superintendent. 

In  every  first-class  building  and  in  every  second-class 
building  within  the  fire  limit  districts,  all  of  the  outside  finish 
shall  be  of  incombustible  material,  except  window  and  door 
frames,  and  except  finish  about  show  windows.  Where  store 
fronts  are  carried  up  more  than  one  story  the  columns  and 
lintels  shall  be  of,  or  finished  with,  incombustible  material; 
but  in  no  case  shall  store  fronts  be  carried  more  than  two 


€HAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  (J7 

stories  unless  said  fronts  are  constructed  and  finished 
throughout  with  fireproof  material,  except  window  and  door 
frames. 

Every  ventilating  flue  shall  be  constructed  of,  or  lined 
with,  incombustible  material. 

Every  floor  in  second-class  buildings  shall  have  its  beams  SSSJIS^  of 
tied  to  the  walls  and  to  each  other  with  wrought  iron  straps   buildiDs- 
or  anchors  of  at  least  five-eighths  square  inch  area  in  cross 
section,  and  not  less  than  eighteen  inches  long,   so  as   to 
form  continuous  ties  across  the  building.       In  mill  framing 
each  beam  is  to  be  so  tied,  and  in  other  framing  the  ties  are 
to  be  not  more  than  ten  feet  apart.     Walls  running  parallel 
or  nearly  parallel  with  floor  beams  shall  be  properly  tied 
once  in  ten  feet  to  the  floor  beams  by  iron  straps  or  anchors 
of  the  size  above  specified. 

Every  wooden  header  or  trimmer  more  than  four  feet  long 
carrying  a  floor  load  of  over  seventy  pounds  per  square  foot 
shall,  at  connections  with  other  beams  be  framed  or  hung  in 
stirrup  irons,  and  jointbolted.  All  tail  beams  and  similar 
beams  of  wood  shall  be  framed  or  hung  in  stirrup  irons. 

1Every  building  hereafter  erected  shall  have  the  roof  in  all  Roofs  ana 
parts  and  the  sides  of  dormer  windows,  covered  with  incom- 
bustible material  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  of  build- 
ings. 


PROHIBITIONS. 

SECT.   13.     No  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limit  dis-  Alterations  and 
tricts  shall  be  so  altered  or  repaired  as  to  increase  -the  fire 
hazard,  nor  altered  or  repaired  if  the  estimated  cost  of  the 
proposed  alterations  or  repairs  exceeds  one-half  of  the  cost 
of  a  like  new  building 

No  wooden  building  without  the  fire  limit  districts  shall  be   Removals, 
moved  to  any  position  within  the  fire  limit  districts,  and  no 
wooden  building  within  the  fire  limit  districts  shall  be  moved 
to  any  position  away  from  the  lot  upon  which  it  is  built  or  to 
any  position  where  the  fire  hazard  would  be  increased. 

No  recess  or  chase  shall  be  made  in  any  external  or  party   Recess  or  chase, 
wall  so  as  to  leave  the  thickness  at  the  back  less  than  eight 
inches. 

No  roof  or  floor  timber  entering  a  party  wall  shall  have   Timber. 

1  Amended  Feb.  7,  1913. 


68 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Snow  from  roof. 

Staging. 

Chimney. 

Masonry. 
Floor  timber. 
Studding. 
Furnace. 
Smoke-pipe. 
Hot-air  pipes. 

Observation    stand. 

Closets. 

Boiler. 

Projections 


less  than  four  inches  of  solid  brick  work  between  it  and  the 
end  of  any  other  timber. 

No  part  of  any  roof  shall  be  constructed  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  discharge  snow,  ice,  or  other  material  upon  a  public 
street  or  alley. 

Xo  elevated  staging  or  stand  for  observation  purposes 
shrall  be  constructed  or  occupied  upon  the  roof  of  any 
building. 

No  chimney  shall  be  corbelled  from  a  wall  more  than  the 
thickness  of  the  wall. 

No  chimney  shall  be  hung  from  a  wall  which  is  less  than 
twelve  inches  thick. 

No  masonry  shall  rest  upon  wood,  except  piles  and  mud 
sills. 

No  part  of  any  floor  timber  shall  be  within  two  inches  of 
any  chimney. 

No  studding  or  furring  shall  be  within  one  inch  of  any 
chimney. 

No  furnace  or  boiler  for  heating  shall  be  placed  upon  a 
wooden  floor. 

No  smoke  pipe  shall  reject  through  any  external  wall  or 
window. 

No  steam,  furnace  or  other  hot-air  pipes  shall  be  carried 
within  one  inch  of  any  woodwork,  unless  such  pipes  are 
double  or  otherwise  protected  by  incombustible  material. 

No  observation  stand  shall  be  constructed  or  maintained 
except  in  accordance  with  plans  approved  by  the  superin- 
tendent. 

No  closet  of  any  kind  shall  be  constructed  under  any  stair- 
case leading  from  the  cellar  or  basement  to  the  first  story. 

No  boiler  shall  be  placed  or  maintained  under  any  public 
way. 

No  part  of  any  structure,  except  cornices,  permanent  awn- 
ings, string  courses,  window  caps  and  sills,  and  outside  means 
of  egress  as  otherwise  provided,  shall  project  over  any  pub- 
lic way  or  square,1  except  that  the  city  council  after  notice  to 
abuttors  and  a  public  hearing  before  a  convention  of  the  city 
council,  of  which  notice  by  publication  shall  have  been  given 
at  the  expense  of  the  petitioners,  may  issue  licenses  or  perT 
mits  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  30  of  the  revised  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  of  Cambridge  for  bay  windows  and  similar 
projections  over  public  streets  of  not  less  than  forty  feet  in 

1  Amended  Nov.  12,   1910. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  69 

width,  such  bay  window  or  other  projection  in  no  case  to 
project  more  than  three  feet  over  such  public  way.  No 
cornice  shall  so  project  more  than  three  feet,  nor  more  than 
sixteen  inches  over  a  way  of  a  width  of  thirty  feet  or  less. 

No  building  shall  be  erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a 
stable  unless  such  use  is  authorized  by  the  board  of  health. 

\o  building  shall  be  erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a 
garage  unless  such  use  is  previously  authorized  by  the  board 
of  aldermen. 

MATERIALS. 

STRENGTH  OF   MATERIALS. 

SECT.  14.  The  stresses  in  materials  hereafter  used  in  the 
construction  of  all  buildings,  produced  by  their  'own  weight 
and  the  loads  herein  specified,  shall  not  exceed  the  limits 
assigned  in  the  following  paragraphs  of  this  section: 

(a)    TIMBER. 
UNIT  STRESSES  IN  POUNDS   PER   SQUARE  INCH. 


White  pine  and  spruce  ...........  1,000  80  250  Timber. 

White  oak  ......................  1,000  150  600 

Yellow  pine  (long  leaved)  .........  1,500  100  500 

Stresses  due  to  transverse  loads  combined  with  direct  ten- 
sion or  compression  shall  not  exceed  the  extreme  fibre 
stresses  given  above. 

In  computing  deflection  the  modulus  of  elasticity  shall  be 
taken  as  follows: 

Pounds  per 

square  inch. 

White  pine  ....................................    750,000 

Spruce    ........................................    900,000 

Yellow  pine  (long  leaved)  .......................  1,300,000 

White  oak   ....................................    850,000 

Columns  (Centrally  Loaded). 
For  wooden  columns  with  flat  ends,  where  L  is  the  length 


ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

of  the  column,  D  is  its  least  diameter,  the  average  stress  per 
square  inch  on  a  cross-section  shall  be  limited  as  follows: 


L  Average  stress  per  square  inch : 

White  pine          Long-leaved 

D  and  spruce.  yellow  pine.  White  oak. 

o  to  10 630  900  810 

10  to  15 595  850  765 

15  tO  20 560  800  720 

20  tO  25 525  750  675 

25   to  30 490  700  630 

No  column  shall  be  used  with  a  greater  unsupported  length 
than  thirty  times  its  least  diameter. 
For  excentric  loads,  see  Section  16. 


(b)  WROUGHT  IRON  AND  STEEL. 

4 
UNIT  STRESSES  IN  POUNDS  PER  SQUARE  INCH. 

Wrought  iron.  Steel  ( i ) . 

Wrought    Iron 

Extreme   fiber    of    rolled    beams    or 

shapes  12,000  16,000 

Tension 12,000  16,000 

Compression  in  flanges  of  built  beams  12,000  16,000 

Shearing  (see  below  for  bolts) 9,000  10,000 

Direct  bearing,  including  pins  and 

rivets  : , 15,000  18,000 

Bending  on  pins 18,000  22,500 


Modulus    of    elasticity 27,000,000     29,000,000 

(i)  These  stresses  (except  for  rivets)  are  for  steel  having 
an  ultimate  tensile  strength  of  from  fifty-five  thousand  to 
sixty-five  thousand  pounds  per  square  inch,  an  elastic  limit 
of  not  less  than  one-half  the  ultimate  strength,  and  a  mini- 
mum percentage  of  elongation  in  eight  inches  of  one  million 
four  hundred  thousand,  divided  by  the  ultimate  strength. 

Eor   compression  members   twelve   thousand   for   iron   and 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  71 

sixteen  thousand  for  steel,  reduced  according  to  the  follow- 
ing formula: 

12,000  (or  16,000  for  steel). 

I  L2 

j  _i 

20,000     r2 

in  which  L  is  the  length  of  the  column  in  inches,  and  r  is  the 
radius  of  gyration  in  inches  taken  around  the  axis  about 
which  the  column  will  bend  (for  free  columns,  the  least 
radius  of  gyration). 

The  stresses  due  to  transverse  loads  combined  with  direct 
tension  or  compression  shall  not  exceed  the  extreme  fiber 
stress  given  above  for  rolled  beams  and  shapes,  or  in  case 
of  built  members  the  above  tension  and  compression  stresses 
(see  Section  16). 

Compression  flanges  of  beams  shall  be  proportioned  to 
resist  lateral  flexure  unless  properly  stayed  or  secured 
against  it.  If  the  ratio  of  unsupported  length  of  flange  to 
width  of  flange  does  not  exceed  twenty,  no  allowance  need 
be  made  for  lateral  flexure.  If  the  ratio  is  seventy,  the  allow- 
able stress  on  the  extreme  fiber  shall  be  one-half  of  that 
above  specified,  and  proportionately  for  intermediate  ratios. 

Shearing  and  bearing  stresses  on  bolts  shall  not  be  higher 
than  eighty  per  cent,  of  those  allowed  by  the  above  table. 
All  connections  in  skeleton  buildings,  all  splices  in  steel 
trusses  and  girders,  and  all  connections  of  such  trusses  and 
girders  to  the  sides  of  steel  columns  shall,  if  possible,  be 
made  bv  means  of  rivets  rather  than  bv  bolts. 


(c)  CAST  IRON. 

UNIT  STRESSES  IN  POUNDS  PER  SQUARE  INCH. 

Extreme  fiber  stress,  tension 3,ooo 

Extreme  fiber  stress,  compression 16,000. 

Cast  iron  shall  not  be  used  for  columns  in  buildings  of 
more  than  seventy-five  feet  in  height,  nor  in  cases  where  the 
value  of  the  length  divided  by  least  radius  of  gyration  ex- 
ceeds seventy. 


ORDINANCES. 


Cast-iron. 


[CHAP.  13. 


CAST-IRON      COLl'MXS      (X  KXTRALLY      LOADED 
AXD  UNSUPPORTED  LATERALLY). 


Where  the  length 
divided  by  the 
least  radius  of 

CJyration  equals — 


Average    stress 

per   square 
inch    of   section. 


IO II  ,OOO 

2O IO,7OO 

30 10,400 

4O IO,IOO 

50 9,800 

60 9,500 

70 9,2OO 


Stone  work. 


(d)  STONE  WORK  IN  COMPRESSION. 

STRESSES  IN  TONS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  POUNDS 
PER  SQUARE  FOOT. 

First  quality  dressed  beds  and  builds,  laid  solid  in  mortar 
of  one  part  Portland  cement  to  three  parts  sand,  or  one  part 
natural  cement  to  two  parts  sand. 

Granite   60 

Marble  and  limestone   40 

Sandstone    30 

In  cases  where  poorer  mortar  is  used,  to  avoid  stain  from 
cement,  stresses  shall  be  less  than  above,  and  must  be  ap- 
proved by  the  superintendent. 


O)  BRICKWORK  IN  COMPRESSION. 

STRESSES  IN  TONS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  P<  >UNDS 
PER  SQUARE  FOOT. 

Brick  work.  I.     For  first-class  work  of  hard-burned  bricks,  including 

piers  in  which  the  height  does  not  exceed  six  times  the  least 

dimension,  laid  in: 

(a)  One  part  Portland  cement,  three  parts  sand,  by  vol- 
ume, dry 20 

(/?)  One  part  natural  cement,  two  parts  sand,  by  volume, 

dry 18 

(c)  One  part  natural  cement,  one  part  lime  and  six  parts 

sand,  by  volume  drv • 12 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  73 

(</)   Lime  mortar,  one  part  lime,  six  parts  sand,  by  volume, 

dry    8 

2.  For  brick   piers   of   hard-burned   bricks   in   which   the 
height  is  from  six  to  twelve  times  the  least  dimensions: 

Mortar  (a)   18 

Mortar  (b)   15 

Mortar  (c) . .  .  10 

Mortar  (d)   7 

3.  For  brickwork  made  of  "light-hard"  bricks  the  stresses 
shall  not  exceed  two-thirds  of  the  stresses  for  like  work  of 
hard-burned  bricks. 


(/)  CONCRETE. 

When  the  structural  use  of  concrete  is  proposed,  a  sped-  Use. 
fication  stating  the  quality  and  proportions  of  materials,  and 
the  methods  of  mixing  the  same,  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
superintendent,  who  may  issue  a  permit  at  his  discretion  and 
under  such  further  conditions,  in  addition  to  those  stated 
below,  as  he  sees  fit  to  impose. 

(A)  In   first-class    Portland    cement   concrete,    containing  stress, 
one  part  cement  to  not  more  than  six  parts  mixed  properly- 
graded  aggregate,  except  in  piers  or  columns  of  which  the 
height  exceeds  six  times  the  least  dimensions,  the  compres- 

sive   stress   shall   not   exceed   thirty   tons   of   two   thousand 
pounds  per  square  foot. 

(B)  In  piers  and  columns  of  first-class  Portland  cement 
concrete,  containing  one  part  cement  to  not  more  than  five 
parts  mixed  properly  graded  aggregate,  where  the  height  of 
the  pier  or  column  is  more  than  six  times  and  does  not  ex- 
ceed twelve  times  its  least  dimensions,  the  compressive  stress 
shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  tons  of  two  thousand  pounds 
per  square  foot. 

By  "aggregate"  shall  be  understood  all  the  materials  in  Aggregate, 
the  concrete  except  the  cement.     Cinders  concrete  shall  be 
used  constructively  only  for  floors,  roofs  and  for  filling. 

Rules  for  the  computation  of  reinforced  concrete  columns  computation. 
may  be  formulated  from  time  to  time  by  the  superintendent, 
with  the  approval  of  the  board  of  appeal. 

In  reinforced  concrete  beams  or  slabs  subjected  to  bending  Bendin«  stresses, 
stresses,  the  entire  tensile  stress  shall  be  assumed  to  be  car- 
ried bv  the  steel,  which  shall  not  be  stressed  above  the  limits 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  13.] 


Shearing    force. 


allowed  for  this  material.  First-class  Portland  cement  con- 
crete in  such  beams  or  slabs,  containing  one  part  cement  to 
not  more  than  five  parts  mixed  properly  graded  aggregate, 
may  be  stressed  in  compression  to  not  more  than  five  hun- 
dred pounds  per  suare  inch.  In  case  a  richer  concrete  is 
used,  this  stress  may  be  increased  with  the  approval  of  the 
superintendent  to  not  more  than  six  hundred  pounds  per 
square  inch. 

In  reinforced  concrete  the  maximum  shearing  force  upon 
the  concrete  when  uncombined  with  compression  upon  the 
same  plane  shall  not  exceed  sixty  pounds  per  square  inch, 
unless  the  superintendent,  with  the  consent  of  the  board  of 
appeal,  shall  fix  some  other  value. 

If  the  imbedded  steel  has  no  mechanical  bond  with  the  con- 
crete, its  holding  power  shall  not  exceed  the  allowable  shear- 
ing strength  of  the  concrete. 


Strength    of 
beams. 


Cutting. 


(ff)  IN  GENERAL. 

Under  the  prescribed  loads,  beams  shall  be  so  propor- 
tioned that  the  deflection  shall  not  exceed  one-three-hun- 
dred and  sixtieth  (1-360)  of  the  span. 

Stresses  for  materials  and  forms  of  material  not  herein 
mentioned  shall  be  determined  by  the  superintendent.  Pro- 
vision for  wind  bracing  shall  be  made  wherever  it  is  neces- 
sary, and  all  buildings  shall  be  constructed  of  sufficient 
strength  to  bear  with  safety  the  load  intended  to  be  placed 
thereon,  in  addition  to  the  weight  of  the  materials  used  in 
construction. 

No  cutting  for  piping  or  any  other  purpose  shall  be  done 
which  would  reduce  the  strength  of  any  part  of  the  structure 
below  what  is  required  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 


Quality. 


QUALITY  OF  MATERIALS. 

SECT.  15.  All  materials  shall  be  of  such  quality  for  the 
purposes  for  wrhich  they  are  to  be  used  as  to  insure,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  superintendent,  ample  safety  and  security 
to  life,  limb,  and  neighboring  property.  The  superintendent 
shall  have  power  to  reject  all  materials  \vhich  in  his  opinion 
are  unsuitable,  and  may  require  tests  to  be  made  by  the 
owner  to  determine  the  strength  of  the  structural  materials, 
and  may  require  certified  copies  of  results  of  tests  made  else- 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  75 

where  from  the  architect,  engineer,  builder,  owner  or  other 
interested  persons. 

Hollow  cast-iron  columns,  if  used,  shall  be  shown  by  meas-   Tesls 
urements  and  tests  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  to  be  of 
practically  uniform  thickness  and  free  from  blow  holes. 

MORTARS. 

All  mortars  shall  be  made  with  such  proportion  of  sand  as   Mixture.        -    a  , 
"will  insure  a  proper   degree   of  cohesion   and  tenacity  and 
secure  thorough  adhesion  to  the  material  with  which  they 
are  used,  and  the  superintendent  shall  condemn  all  mortars 
•not  so  made. 

(a)  Mortar  below  the  level  of  water  shall  be  no  poorer 
than  one  part  Portland  cement  and  three  parts  sand; 

(b)  Mortar  for  first-class  buildings  shall,   for  the  lower  Birst-ciasn 

...•.,.  .    ,  buildings. 

half  ot  their  height,  be  no  poorer  than  one  part  natural 
cement  to  two  parts  sand ;  and,  for  the  upper  half,  no  poorer 
than  one  part  of  natural  cement,  one-half  part  of  lime,  and 
three  parts  of  sand; 

(c)  Mortar  for  second-class  buildings  and  for  such  parts  second-class 
of  third-class  buildings  as  are  below  the  level  of  the  sidewalk 

shall  be  no  poorer  than  one  part  of  natural  cement,  one  of 
lime,  and  four  of  sand; 

(d)  Mortar  for  third-class  buildings  above  ground  shall  Third-class 

.,  ,.  buildings. 

oe  no  poorer  than  one  part  lime  and  four  parts  sand. 

The  superintendent  may  allow  lime  mortar  in  setting  stone   Lime  mortar, 
where  cement  will  stain. 

Concrete  shall  be  used  immediately  after  mixing;  it  shall  Use  of  concrete, 
not  be  placed  in  the  work  after  it  has  begun  to  harden  and 
it  shall  be  deposited  in  such  manner  and  under  such  regula- 
tions as  to  secure  a  compact  mass  of  the  best  quality  for  the 
proportions  used.  Forms  shall  remain  until  the  concrete 
has  hardened  so  as  to  be  able  to  carry  its  load  safely,  and 
shall  be  removed  without  jar. 

The  superintendent  may  require  an  applicant  for  a  permit   inspector 
for  the  structural  use  of  concrete  to  have  a  competent  in- 
spector at  all  times  on  the  work    while    concrete    is    being 
mixed  or  deposited,  and  such  inspector  shall  make  daily  re- 
ports to  the  superintendent  on  the  progress  of  the  work. 

CEMENT. 

Cement  shall  conform  to  the  specifications  of  the  Amen-   Test 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


can  Association  for  Testing  Materials,  as  modified  from  time 
to  time  bv  that  association. 


REINFORCED   CONCRETE. 

Continuous  beams.  Reinforced  concrete  slabs,  beams  or  girders,  if  rendered 
continuous  over  supports  by  being  unbroken  in  section,  shall 
be  provided  with  proper  metal  reinforcement  at  the  top  over 
said  supports  and  may  be  computed  as  continuous  beams,  as 
hereinafter  described. 

The  modulus  of  elasticity  of  the  concrete,  if  not  shown  by 
direct  tests,  may  for  beams  and  slabs  be  taken  as  one-fif- 
teenth that  of  steel,  and  for  columns  one-tenth  that  of  steeL 

The  reinforcing  metal  shall  be  covered  by  not  less  than 
three-fourths  inch  of  concrete  in  slabs,  and  by  not  less  than 
one  and  one-half  inches  of  concrete  in  beams  and  columns. 


Elasticity. 


Metal. 


Continuous 
beams. 


Span. 


Bendiug. 


T-beam. 


Members. 


METHODS    OF    COMPUTATION. 

SECT.  1 6.  Beams  or  girders  of  metal  or  reinforced  con- 
crete shall  be  considered  as  simply  supported  at  their  ends, 
except  when  they  extend  with  unbroken  cross-section  over 
the  supports,  in  which  case  they  may  be  considered  as  con- 
tinuous. 

The  span  of  a  beam  shall  be  considered  as  the  distance 
from  center  to  center  of  the  bed  plates  or  surfaces  upon 
which  it  rests.  If  it  is  fastened  to  the  side  of  a  column,  the 
span  shall  be  measured  to  the  center  of  the  column. 

In  slabs,  beams,  or  girders  continuous  over  supports,  pro- 
vision shall  be  made  for  a  negative  bending  moment  at  such 
supports  equal  to  four-fifths  of  the  positive  bending  moment 
that  would  exist  at  the  center  of  the  span  if  the  piece  were 
simply  supported;  and  the  positive  bending  moment  at  the 
center  of  the  span  may  be  taken  equal  to  the  negative  bend- 
ing moment  at  the  support. 

In  the  case  of  a  slab  of  reinforced  concrete  with  parallel 
ribs  or  girders  beneath,  the  rib  or  girder  may  be  considered 
to  include  a  portion  of  the  slab  between  the  ribs,  forming  a 
T-beam.  The  width  of  the  T-beam  on  top  shall  not  exceed 
one-third  the  span  of  the  rib  nor  the  distance  from  center  to 
center  of  the  ribs. 

Reinforced  concrete  columns  shall  be  proportioned  on  the 
assumption  that  the  concrete  and  steel  are  shortened  in 
length  in  the  same  proportion.  The  steel  members  shall  be 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  7? 

tied    together    at    intervals    sufficiently    short    to    prevent 
buckling. 

If  a  column  is  loaded    excentrically    or    transversely,    the  Maximum  stress- 
maximum  fiber  stress,  taking  account  of  the  direct  compres- 
sion, the  bending  which  it  causes,  its  excentricity  and  the 
transverse   load,   shall   not   exceed   the   maximum   allowable 
stress  in  compression. 

If  a  tension  piece  is  loaded  excentrically  or  transversely, 
the  maximum  fiber  stress,  taking  account  of  the  direct  ten- 
sion, its  excentricity  and  the  transverse  load,  shall  not  ex- 
ceed the  maximum  allowable  stress  in  tension. 

An  excentric  load  upon  a  column  shall  be  considered  to  Excentric  load, 
affect  excentrically  only  the  length  of  column  extending  to 
the  next  point  below  at  which  the  column  is  held  securely  in 
the  direction  of  the  excentricity. 

If  a  piece  is  exposed  to  tension  and  compression  at  differ-  Uuit  stre!*ses. 
cut  times,  it  shall  be  proportioned  to  resist  the  maximum  of 
each  kind,  but  the  unit  stresses  shall  be  less  than  those  used 
for   stress   of   one   kind,   depending  upon   the   ratio   and   the 
relative  frequence  of  the  two  maxima. 

Net  sections  shall  be  used  in  proportioning  steel  tension  Net  sections, 
members,  and  in  deducting  rivet  holes  they  shall  be  taken  as 
one-eighth  of  an  inch  greater  in  diameter  than  the  rivets. 

The  length  of  a  steel  compression  member  between  sup- 
ports  in  any  direction  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  and 
twenty  times  its  radius  of  gyration  about  an  axis  perpendicu- 
lar to  that  direction. 

The  webs  of  plate  girders  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  and 
buckling  in  cases  where  they  are  not  supported  laterally,  ac- 
cording to  the  formula: 

16,000 


_  j^  Thickness   of  web. 

j  j 

3,000      t2 

in  which  t  equals  thickness  of  web  in  inches;  d  equals  clear, 
unsupported  dimension  horizontally  or  vertically,  whichever 
is  the  lesser. 

In  proportioning  the  flanges  of  plate  girders,  one-eighth  Jj^rtion  of 
of  the  gross  area  of  the  web  may  be  considered  as  available 
in  each  flange.     If  the  length  of  the  top  flange  unsupported 
laterally  exceeds  twenty  times  its  width,  the  allowable  stress 
shall  be  reduced,  as  in  the  case  of  rolled  beams. 


78 

Pins 
Rivets 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Pins  shall  be  computed  by  assuming  the  forces  in  the  bars- 
to  act  at  the  center  of  the  bearing  areas. 

In  riveted  trusses  the  center  of  gravity  lines  of  members 
coming  together  at  a  joint  shall,  if  possible,  intersect  at  a 
point.  Excentricity  due  to  a  non-fulfillment  of  this  rule  shall 
be  allowed  for  in  the  computations.  The  center  of  gravity 
of  the  rivets  connecting  one  piece  to  another  shall,  in  gen- 
eral, lie  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  center  of  gravity  line 
of  the  piece. 


Height  of  first- 
class   buildings. 


CLASSIFICATION. 

SECT.  17.  Every  building  over  seventy-five  feet  in  height 
hereafter  erected  or  raised  shall  be  constructed  as  a  first- 
class  building. 


Protection   by 
enclosures. 


Second-class 
buildings. 

Walls. 


Protection    by 
enclosures. 


Means  of  egress. 


RESTRICTION   OF   AREAS. 

Any  first-class  building  hereafter  erected  to  be  used  above 
the  first  floor  as  a  warehouse  or  store  for  the  storage  or  sale 
of  merchandise  shall  have  all  vertical  openings  for  elevators 
and  stairways,  air  or  light  shafts  through  the  floors  protected 
by  fireproof  enclosures,  with  incombustible  sash,  doors  and 
frames.  Such  enclosures  shall,  if  enclosing  stairs  or  escala- 
tors, have  automatic  doors  and  all  glass  in  said  enclosures 
shall  be  wire  glass. 

Second-class  buildings  used  for  houses  for  habitation  shall 
be  so  divided  by  brick  walls  that  no  space  inside  such  build- 
ings shall  exceed  in  area  four  thousand  square  feet.  Said 
walls  may  be  partition  walls  which  shall  be  built  to  the  under- 
side of  the  roof  boards. 

Every  second-class  building  more  than  three  stories  high 
and  used  above  the  first  floor  as  a  warehouse  or  store  for  the 
storage  or  sale  of  merchandise  shall  have  all  vertical  open- 
ings for  elevators  and  stairways,  air  or  light  shafts,  through 
its  floors  protected  by  fireproof  enclosures.  Such  enclosures 
shall  be  supported  on  fireproof  supports  and  framing,  and 
shall,  if  enclosing  stairs  or  escalators,  have  automatic  doors, 
and  all  glass  in  said  enclosures  shall  be  wire  glass. 

No  building  used  above  the  first  floor  for  the  storage  or 
sale  of  merchandise  shall  have  less  than  two  means  of  egress- 
from  every  story,  one  of  which  means  may  be  either  an  out- 
side fire  escape  or  through  a  brick  wall  closed  by  automatic 
doors  into  a  building  of  the  same  class;  except  that  an  inde- 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  79 

pendent  monumental  stairway  extending  from  the  basement 
to  the  second  floor  may  be  constructed.  If  both  stairs  are 
inside  the  building,  one  shall  be  enclosed  in  walls  of  incom- 
bustible material  and  all  doors  therein  shall  open  outward. 

BUILDING  FOR  MANUFACTURING  PURPOSES. 

Wooden    buildings    outside    the    fire   limit    districts   and  Height  and  area 
adapted  exclusively  for  manufacturing,  storage,   exhibition,  buildings, 
mechanical,   or  stable  purposes,   may  be  built  of  unlimited 
area  under  such  conditions  as  the  superintendent  shall  pre- 
scribe, but  shall  not  exceed  forty-five  feet  in  height.       The 
area  of  such  buildings  shall  be  so  divided  by  brick  walls  con- 
structed as  party  walls  that  no  area  within  such  walls  shall 
exceed  twenty-five  thousand  square  feet  if  one  story  high 
nor  twelve  thousand  square  feet  if  more  than  one  story. 


CONSTRUCTION. 

HEIGHT. 

SECT.  18.  No  building,  structure,  or  part  thereof  shall  be  widto  of  stret-t. 
of  a  height  exceeding  two  and  one-half  times  the  width  of 
the  widest  street  on  which  the  building  or  structure  stands, 
whether  such  street  is  a  public  street  or  place  or  a  private 
way,  nor  exceeding  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  in  any 
case.  The  width  of  such  street,  place  or  private  way  shall  Measureuu-nt. 
be  measured  from  the  face  of  the  building  or  structure  to  the 
line  of  the  street  on  the  other  side.  If  the  street  is  of  uneven 
width,  the  width  shall  be  the  average  width  -of  the  part  of  the 
street  opposite  the  building  or  structure;  if  the  effective 
width  of  the  street  is  increased  by  an  area  or  setback,  the 
space  between  the  face  of  the  main*  building  and  the  lawfully 
established  line  of  the  street  may  be  built  upon  to  the  height 
of  two  and  one-half  times  the  width  of  the  street. 

Except  that  the  limitation  of  the  height  of  buildings  shall  Limitation  of 
not  apply  to  churches,  steeples,  towers,  domes,  cupolas,  bel-  to  churches'1  et»-y 
fries,  statuary,  pipes,  water  tanks,  elevator  houses,  gas  hold- 
ers, coal  or  grain  elevators,  balustrades   or  parapets,  sky- 
lights, ventilators,  houses  not  exceeding  twelve  feet  square 
and  twelve  feet  in  height,  or  other  ornamental  or  similar 
constructions  such  as  are  usually  erected  above  the  roof  line 
of  buildings,  any  of  which  may  be  carried  to  a  greater  height 
than  one  hundred  and  twentv-five  feet. 


80 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Protection. 


EXCAVATIONS. 

SECT.  19.  All  excavations  shall  be  so  protected,  by  sheet 
piling  if  necessary,  by  the  persons  causing  the  same  to  be 
made,  that  the  adjoining  soil  or  foundation  shall  not  cave  in 
by  reason  of  its  own  weight.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
owner  of  every  building  to  furnish,  or  cause  to  be  furnished, 
such  support  that  his  building  shall  not  be  endangered  by 
any  excavation,  unless  said  excavation  is  carried  more  than 
ten  feet  below  the  grade  of  the  principal  street.  All  perma- 
nent excavations  shall  be  protected  by  retaining  walls.  In 
case  of  any  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion, the  superintendent  may  enter  upon  the  premises  and 
may  furnish  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  such  support  as  the 
circumstances  may  require. 


Diameter    and 
bearing. 


Methods    of 
driving  piles. 


Bearing    power. 


PILING. 

SECT.  20.  All  buildings  shall,  if  the  Superintendent  deter- 
mines that  piling  is  necessary,  be  constructed  on  foundation 
piles,  and  the  number,  diameter  and  bearing  of  such  piles 
shall  be  sufficient  to  support  the  superstructure  proposed. 
The  superintendent  shall  determine  the  grade  at  which  the 
piles  shall  be  cut.  He  may  require  any  applicant  for  a  per- 
mit to  ascertain  by  boring  the  nature  of  the  ground  on  which 
it  is  proposed  to  build,  and  he  may  require  a  competent  in- 
spector satisfactory  to  him  to  be  at  all  times  on  the  work 
while  piles  are  being  driven,  who  shall  keep  an  accurate 
record  of  the  length  of  each  pile,  the  weight  and  fall  of  the 
hammer,  and  the  penetration  of  each  pile  for  each  of  the  last 
two  blows  of  the  hammer. 

Plain  concrete  piles  shall  be  made  in  place  by  methods  which 
are  reasonably  certain  to  secure  perfect,  full-sized  piles.  Rein- 
forced concrete  piles,  if  properly  designed  to  resist  the  shock 
of  driving,  and  if  driven  with  a  cushion  to  lessen  the  shock, 
or  by  a  water  jet.  may  be  molded,  allowed  to  harden,  and  then 
driven  in  place. 

in  case  concrete  piles  are  used,  whether  reinforced  or  not, 
the'r  bearing  power  shall  be  determined  by  putting  in  one  or 
more  test  piles  and  loading  them  after  the  concrete  has  hard- 
ened. The  load  allowed  shall  not  be  more  than  one-half  of 
the  load  under  which  the  pile  begins  to  settle.  In  no  case, 
however,  shall  the  load  on  a  concrete  pile  exceed  that  specified 
herein  for  concrete  in  columns.  Concrete  for  piles  shall  have 


CJJAI-.  I-".]  BUILDINGS.  81 

not  more  than  five  parts  of  properly  made  and  mixed  aggre- 
gate to  one  part  of  Portland  cement ;  and  the  aggregate  shall 
all  be  capable  of  passing  through  a  one-inch  ring. 

All  wood  piles  shall  be  capped  with  block  granite  levelers,  Leveier. 
each  leveler  having  a  firm  bearing  on  the  pile  or  piles  which 
it  covers,  or  with  first-class  Portland  cement  concrete,  not  less 
than  sixteen  inches  thick,  above  the  pile  caps,  containing  one 
part  of  cement  to  not  more  than  six  parts  of  properly  ground 
aggregate  of  stone  and  sand,  the  concrete  to  be  filled  in  around 
the  pile  heads  upon  the  intervening  earth. 

FOUNDATIONS  OF  FIRST  AND  SECOND-CLASS   BUILDINGS. 

SECT.  21.     Foundations  of  first  and  second-class  buildings  Brick,  stone,  etc. 
may  be  of  brick,  stone  or  concrete.    The  thickness  shall  be  as 
stated  in  Section  23.     Foundations  of  rubble  stone  shall  be 
allowed  only  under  buildings  less  than  fifty  feet  in  height  and 
for  a  depth  of  less  than  ten  feet. 

The  walls  and  piers  of  every  building  shall  have  a  founda-  Bearin§- 
tion,  the  bearing  of  which  shall   be  not  less  than   four   feet 
below  any  adjoining  surface  exposed  to  the  frost,  and  such 
foundation,  with  the  superstructure  which  it  supports,   shall 
not  overload  the  material  on  which  it  rests. 

CELLARS. 

SECT.  22.  The  cellar  of  every  building  hereafter  built,  Protection. 
where  the  grade  or  nature  of  the  ground  so  requires,  shall  be 
sufficiently  protected  from  water  and  damp  by  a  bed  at  least 
two  inches  thick  over  the  whole,  of  concrete,  cement  and 
gravel,  tar  and  gravel,  or  asphalt,  or  by  bricks  laid  in  cement. 
No  cellar  or  basement  floor  of  any  building  shall  be  con- 
structed below  the  grade  of  twelve  feet  above  mean  low  water, 
unless  such  cellar  is  made  water-proof  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  superintendent.  All  metal  foundations  and  all  construc- 
tional metal  work  underground  shall  be  protected  from  damp- 
ness by  concrete,  or  by  other  material,  approved  by  the 
superintendent. 

THICKNESS   OF    WALLS. 

SECT.    23.     The    external    walls    above    the    foundation    of  External  wails, 
houses  for  habitation  of  first  or  second-class  construction  and 
not  exceeding  sixteen  hundred  square  feet  in  area  and  not  over 
three  stories  high,  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick  for 


82  ORDINANCES.  [Crt  \ivl3. 

external  walls  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  for  party 

walls. 

Dimensions.  The  external  and  party  walls  for  houses  for  habitation  not 

exceeding  four  stories  or  fifty  feet  in  height  shall  be  not  less 
than  twelve  inches  thick;  said  walls  for  said  buildings  not 
exceeding  five  stories  or  sixty  feet  in  height,  shall  be  not  less 
than  sixteen  inches  thick  to  the  top  of  the  first  floor  and  not 
less  than  twelve  inches  thick  above ;  said  walls  in  said  buildings 
not  exceeding  six  stories  or  seventy-five  feet  in  height  shall  be 
not  less  than  sixteen  inches  thick  to  the  top  of  the  second  floor 
and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  above. 

In  all  buildings,  partition  walls  which  do  not  carry  floor 
loads  may  be  made  four  inches  less  in  thickness  than  is  re- 
quired for  external  and  party  walls  for  houses  for  habitation. 

Except  as  above  stated,  the  external  and  party  walls  of 
every  building  of  the  first  and  second  class  shall  be  twelve 
inches  thick  in  the  upper  two  stories  of  the  height  of  said  wall. 
not  exceeding  twenty-five  feet  in  height.  In  the  section  of  two 
stories,  but  not  exceeding  twenty -five  feet  next  below,  the 
walls  shall  be  sixteen  inches  thick.  In  the  next  lower  section 
of  three  stories,  but  not  exceeding  thirty-seven  feet,  the  walls 
shall  be  twenty  inches  thick,  and  in  each  succeeding  section  of 
three  stories,  but  not  exceeding  thirty-seven  feet  or  any  part 
thereof,  the  walls  shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than  the  section 
next  above  it. 

Foundation  walls  of  rubble  shall  be  at  least  twelve  inches 
thicker  than  the  walls  they  sustain,  and  foundation  walls  of 
other  materials  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  thicker  than  the 
required  thickness  of  the  walls  of  the  first  story.  All  founda- 
tion walls  more  than  two  stories  or  twenty  feet  deep,  shall  be 
increased  four  inches  in  thickness  for  every  added  depth  of 
two  stories  or  twenty  feet,  or  any  part  thereof.  The  thickness 
herein  given  shall  apply  to  all  masonry  walls  unless  they  are 
reinforced  by  a  frame  or  skeleton  of  steel. 

In  reckoning  the  thickness  of  walls,  ashlar  shall  not  be  in- 
cluded unless  the  walls  are  at  least  sixteen  inches  thick  and 
the  ashlar  is  at  least  eight  inches  thick,  or  unless  alternate 
courses  are  at  least  four  and  eight  inches  to  allow  bonding 
with  the  backing.  Ashlar  shall  be  properly  held  by  metal 
clamps  to  the  backing  or  properly  bonded  to  the  same. 

Provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  pro- 
hibit the  use  of  a  mill  construction  for  exterior  wralls,  consist- 
ing of  piers  properly  proportioned  to  sustain  all  the  loads  and 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS. 

connected  by  curtain  walls,  if  the  dimensions  of  all  parts  of 

the  construction  are  made  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 

Parapet  walls  shall  be  at  least  eight  inches  thick  above  roof. 

ANCHORS. 

SFCT.  2_L      All  walls  of  a  first  or  second  class  building  meet-  Waii=  of  .secoud- 

.          class    buildings, 
ing  at  an  angle  shall  be  securely  bonded,  or  shall  be  united 

every  five  feet  of  their  height  by  anchors  made  of  at  least  two 
inches  by  half  an  inch  of  steel  or  wrought  iron,  well  painted, 
and  securely  built  into  the  side  of  partition  walls  not  less  than 
thirty-six  inches,  and  into  the  front  and  rear  walls  at  least  one- 
half  the  thickness  of  such  walls. 

BRICKWORK BONDING. 

SECT.  25.     Every  eighth  course,  at'  least,   of   a  brick  wall  Bonding, 
shall  be  a  full  heading  or  bonding  course,  except  where  walls 
are  faced  with  face  brick,  in  which  case  in  every  eighth  course 
at  least  every  other  brick  shall  be  a  full  header.     No  diagonal 
header  ties  shall  be  used. 

VAULTED    WALLS. 

SECT.  26.  If  the  air  spaces  are  headed  over  and  the  walls  Masonry, 
are  built  solid  for  at  least  three  courses  below  the  floor  and 
roof  beams,  walls,  if  of  brick,  may  be  built  hollow.  They  shall 
contain,  exclusive  of  withes,  the  same  amount  of  material  as 
is  required  for  solid  walls,  and  the  masonry  on  the  inside  of 
the  air  space  in  walls  over  two  stories  in  height  shall  be  not 
less  than  eight  inches  thick  and  the  parts  on  either  side  shall  be 
securely  tied  together  with  ties  not  more  than  two  feet  apart 
in  each  direction. 

WALLS  FRAMED  WITH   IRON  OR  STEEL. 

SECT.  27.  Walls  may  be  built  in  part  of  iron  or  steel  or  Materials, 
with  a  reinforced  concrete  or  metal  frame  work.  In  such 
metal  frame  work  the  beams  and  girders  shall  be  riveted  to 
each  other  at  their  respective  junction  points.  If  columns 
made  of  rolled  iron  or  steel  are  used,  their  different  parts  shall 
be  riveted  to  each  other,  and  the  beams  and  girders  resting 
upon  them  shall,  if  possible,  have  riveted  connections  to  unite 
them  with  the  columns.  If  cast-iron  columns  are  used,  each 
successive  column  shall  be  bolted  to  the  one  below  it  by  at  least 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Materials. 


four  bolts  not  less  than  three-fourths  of  an  inch  in  diameter, 
and  the  beams  and  girders  shall  be  bolted  to  the  columns.  At 
each  line  of  floor  or  roof  beams,  lateral  connections  between 
the  ends  of  the  beams  and  girders  shall  be  made  in  such 
manner  as  rigidly  to  connect  the  beams  and  girders  with  each 
other  in  the  direction  of  their  length. 

All  party  walls  of  skeleton  construction  shall  have  curtain 
walls  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick. 

All  outside  walls  of  skeleton  construction  shall  have  curtain 
walls  which  may  be  of  masonry,  terra-cotta,  concrete,  or  rein- 
forced concrete,  constructed  and  supported  under  such  condi- 
tions as  the  superintendent  shall  prescribe. 

If  the  metal  or  other  framework  is  so  designed  that  the 
enclosing  walls  do  not  carry  the  weight  of  floors  or  roof,  then 
the  walls  shall  be  of  masonry  or  concrete  construction  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  anchored  to  the  iron  skeleton,  and  when- 
ever the  weight  of  such  walls  rests  upon  beams  or  columns, 
such  beams  or  columns  shall  be  made  strong  enough  in  each 
story  to  carry  the  weight  of  wall  resting  upon  them  without 
reliance  upon  the  walls  below  them. 


Height. 


PARTY    WALLS    ABOVE   ROOF. 

SECT.  28.  Except  as  hereafter  provided,  in  buildings  less 
than  fifty  feet  in  height  all  party  walls  shall  be  built  to  a  height 
at  least  twelve  inches  above  the  roof  covering,  and  shall  be 
capped  with  stone,  cement  or  metal  securely  fastened  to  the 
masonry.  In  all  other  buildings  such  walls  shall  be  carried 
thirty  inches  above  the  roof. 


Cornices. 


WALLS CORNICES. 

SECT.  29.  Where  a  wall  is  finished  with  a  stone  cornice, 
the  greatest  weight  of  material  of  such  cornice  shall  be  on  the 
inside  of  the  face  of  the  wall.  All  cornices  of  second-class 
buildings  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  of  brick  or  covered 
with  fireproof  material,  and  the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to 
the  boarding  of  the  roof;  and  where  the  cornice  projects  above 
the  roof  the  masonry  shall  be  carried  up  to  the  top  of  the 
cornice  and  covered  with  metal,  like  parapet  walls. 


PIERS  AND  HEARTHS. 

SECT.  30.     Piers    and   walls    shall   have   caps   or   plates    of 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  85 

iron  or  stone  where  they  are  needed,  sufficient  properly  to  dis- 
tribute the  load. 

Hearths  shall  be  supported  by  trimmer  arches  of  brick  or  c 
stone;  or  shall  be  of  single  stones  at  least  six  inches  thick, 
built  into  the  chimney  and  supported  by  iron  beams,  one  end 
of  which  shall  be  securely  built  into  the  masonry  of  a  chimney 
or  of  an  adjoining  wall,  or  which  shall  otherwise  rest  upon  an 
incombustible  support.  Rough  brick  jambs  of  every  fireplace, 
range  or  grate  opening  shall  each  be  at  least  eight  inches  wide, 
and  the  backs  of  such  openings  shall  be  at  least  eight  inches 
thick,  but  four  inches  of  this  backing  may  be  the  finished  fire- 
place. Hearths  and  trimmer  arches  shall  be  at  least  twelve 
inches  longer  on  either  side  than  the  width  of  such  openings, 
and  at  least  eighteen  inches  wide  in  front  of  the  chimney 
breast.  Brickwork  over  fireplaces  and  grate  openings  shall  be 
supported  by  proper  iron  bars,  or  brick  or  stone  arches. 

WALLS DOORWAYS  IN  PARTY  AND  PARTITION  WALLS. 

SECT.  31.  Openings  for  doorways  in  party  walls  shall  not  Openings, 
exceed  one  hundred  square  feet  each  in  area,  and  each  open- 
ing shall  have  two  sets  of  fireproof  doors  and  frames  separ- 
ated by  the  thickness  of  the  wall,  hung  in  a  manner  satisfactory 
to  the  superintendent,  except  that  the  aggregate  width  of  all 
openings  in  any  story  shall  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of  the 
length  of  the  wall  in  which  such  openings  occur.  Openings, 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  forty-four  square  inches,  con- 
structed and  protected  as  shall  be  approved  by  a  writing 
signed  by  the  superintendent,  may  be  permitted  in  any  wall  on 
floor. 

Openings  in  partition  walls  in  houses  for  habitation  shall  Protection 
be  protected  by  single  fireproof  doors  and  frames,  hung  in  a 
manner  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 

FIRE   PROTECTION. 

SECT.  32.  All  structural  metal  supporting  or  forming  part 
of  the  frame,  floors,  roof  or  columns  of  any  building,  except 
as  otherwise  exempted  in  this  ordinance,  sfrall  be  protected 
against  the  effect  of  heat. 

This  protection  shall  consist  of  concrete,  or  of  porous  terra- 
cotta or  brick  set  in  cement  mortar.  When  block  construction 
is  used,  it  shall  be  clamped  in  place  with  steel  clamps,  or 
wrapped  securely  with  No.  12  galvanized-iron  wire  or  metal 


86 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Floor   auu   roof. 


Terra    cotta 
blocks. 


Plastei . 


Applied    directly. 


Exterior  of 
buildings. 


Trusses. 


Wall   formed. 


lathing  in  such  manner  as  to  hold  each  block  in  place,  and  shall 
be  plastered  with  lime  or  other  mortar  at  least  three-fourths  of 
an  inch  thick  in  addition  to  the  protection. 

The  protection  on  all  floor  and  roof  beams  shall  be  at  least 
one  inch  thick,  on  all  floor  and  roof  girders  and  on  all  beams 
carrying  masonry  at  least  one  inch  thick  on  top  and  two  inches 
thick  elsewhere,  on  all  columns  carrying  only  floors  three 
inches,  and  on  all  columns  built  into  or  carrying  walls  four 
inches. 

If  terra-cotta  blocks  are  used  for  protection,  such  blocks 
may  be  hollow,  but  each  face  shall  be  solid,  and  no  flange 
shall  be  less  than  one  inch  thick. 

Plaster  on  wire  or  metal  lath  shall  not  be  considered  as  a 
fire  protection  for  steel  or  iron  structural  members,  but  may 
be  used  with  an  air  space  under  arches  as  a  suspended  ceiling, 
provided  that  such  arches  have  at  least  one  inch  of  thickness 
oi  fireproofing  under  the  flanges  in  addition  to  such  ceiling, 
and  that  the  metal  lath  and  plaster  are  suspended  separately 
from  the  arches  and  are  not  less  than  one  inch  below  the 
same. 

All  protection  shall  be  applied  directly  to  the  metal  work  and 
shall  not  be  broken  into  nor  interrupted  by  any  pipes,  wires, 
chases  or  conduits  of  any  kind. 

About  isolated  columns  on  the  exterior  of  buildings  the 
thickness  of  protection  may  be  reduced  to  one  inch,  when  the 
same  is  covered  with  an  outer  shell  of  cast  iron  or  steel. 

When  a  column  or  girder  is  formed  of  built-up  shapes,  the 
spaces  between  flanges  shall  be  filled  solid  with  protecting 
material,  but  this  protection  need  not  extend  more  than  one 
inch  beyond  the  edges  of  projecting  angles,  bars  or  channels. 
The  protection  shall  cover  all  lugs,  brackets,  braces,  etc. 

The  metal  work  of  all  trusses  carrying  masonry  or  floor 
loads  shall  be  protected,  as  hereinbefore  described,  but  said 
provisions  shall  not  apply  to  trusses  which  carry  roof  load 
only. 

When  a  wall  or  partition  is  formed  with  a  framework  of 
angles,  channels 'or  other  built-up  shapes,  and  such  wall  or 
partition  is  filled  in  flush  with  both  faces  of  the  frame  with 
terra-cotta  blocks,  additional  protection  may  be  omitted. 

With  the  approval  of  the  superintendent,  the  above  require- 
ments as  to  fireproofing  shall  not  apply  to  iron  or  steel  in 
second  or  third  class  buildings  in  any  case  in  which  the  use  of 


CHAP.  i:.i.  |  i;nu>i  XGS.  87 

wood  without  fire  protection  would  be  permissible  under  this 
ordinance. 

In  work  in  connection  with  alterations  of  existing:  buildings,   Work  lu 

'    alterations 

the  character  and  amount  of  protection  for  steel  and  iron  work 
shall  be  made  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 

In   positions   where  the  protection   of   isolated  or  exposed  J^^s  °'   broken 
columns  is  likely  to  be  broken  or  damaged  there  shall  be  out- 
side of  the  protection  a  casing  at  least  five  feet  high  of  iron 
or  wood,  bound  with  wire  or  steel  so  as  to  be  self-supporting. 

Spaces  between  and  behind  all  furring  and  all  studding  of  spaces  ailed, 
bearing  partitions  shall  be  filled  solid  with  bricks  and  mortar 
or  other  fireproof  material  for  a  space  of  five  inches  in  height 
above  the  floor  beams  or  plaster  grounds.  Spaces  between  the 
strap  furring  on  brick  walls  shall  be  filled  solid  with  mortar 
for  five  inches  below  the  bottom  of  the  floor  beams.  The 
spaces  between  stringers  of  stairs  and  joists  of  landings,  unless 
unceiled  or  of  fireproof  construction,  shall  be  stopped  solid 
with  brick,  terra-cotta  or  other  incombustible  material  as  often 
as  twice  in  each  flight  of  stairs.  The  spaces  between  floor 
beams  on  bearing  partitions  shall  be  stopped  in  a  similar 
manner. 

The  tops  of  all  heating  furnaces  and  smoke  pipes  shall  be  T°i)S  ail(l 
at  least  one  foot  below  the  nearest  wooden  beams  or  ceiling. 
All  ceilings  immediately  over  a  furnace  or  boiler  and  for  two 
feet  on  each  side  thereof,  and  all  ceilings  within  one  foot  of 
indirect  radiators,  shall,  except  under  fireproof  floors,  be  metal 
lathed  and  plastered,  or  have  other  protection  satisfactory  to 
the  superintendent. 

All  hot-air  register  boxes  in  the  floors  or  partitions  of  build-  Hot-air  boies- 
ings  shall  be  set  in  soapstone  or  equally  fireproof  borders  not 
less  than  two  inches  in  width,  shall  be  made  of  tin  plate,  and 
shall  have  double  pipes  and  boxes  properly  fitted  to  the  soap- 
stone.  Hot-air  pipes  and  register  boxes  shall  be  at  least  one 
inch  from  any  woodwork,  and  their  connecting  pipes  shall  be 
two  inches  from  any  woodwork.  If  indirect  hot  water  or  in- 
direct steam  heat  is  used,  the  superintendent  may  modify  or 
dispense  with  the  foregoing  requirements. 

FIREPROOF   PARTITIONS. 

Six  r.   33.     Partitions  in  buildings  of  first-class  construction  Materials  in 

00  construction. 

shall  be  constructed  of  plastering  applied  to  metal  lathing  or 
to  plaster  boards,  or  constructed  of  brick  or  hollow  blocks 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Walls. 


composed  of  cement,  plaster  or  terra-cotta.  When  block  con- 
struction is  used,  it  shall  be  self-supporting  above  all  openings, 
*  thoroughly  bonded  and  set  in  Portland  cement.  The  blocks 
shall  start  from  the  floor  and  shall  be  continuous  to  the  floor 
above,  except  that  in  the  upper  story,  where  there  is  a  space 
between  the  ceiling  of  the  top  story  and  the  roof,  these  parti- 
tions need  not  extend  above  the  ceiling.  If  plastered  on  both 
sides  the  blocks  shall  be  not  less  than  four  inches  thick  for  a 
partition  not  more  than  fifteen  feet  in  height,  and  shall  be 
thickened  one  inch  for  every  additional  eight  feet  or  fraction 
thereof  in  height.  The  thickness  of  webs  shall  be  not  less  than 
three-fourths  of  an  inch. 

If  partitions  are  not  plastered  on  both  sides,  the  thickness 
of  blocks  shall  be  one  inch  greater  than  as  specified  above. 

TIMBERS    IN    WALLS    OF    SECOND-CLASS    BUILDINGS. 

SECT.  34.  The  ends  of  all  wood  floor  or  roof  beams  in 
second-class  buildings  shall  enter  the  wall  to  a  depth  of  at 
least  four  inches.  When  the  wall  is  eight  inches  thick  it  shall 
the  ends  of  all  such  beams  shall  so  be  shaped  or  arranged  that 
in  case  of  fire  they  may  fall  without  injury  to  the  wall. 


First  story  or 
basement. 


Height. 


Exits. 


Yards. 


Damaged 
structure. 


ALTERATIONS  OF  EXISTING  BUILDINGS. 

SECT.  35.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section  13,  any 
building  may  be  altered,  remodeled  or  enlarged  for  use  as  a 
house  for  habitation. 

The  first  story  or  basement,  or  both  the  first  story  and  base- 
ment, in  such  buildings,  may  be  used  for  mercantile  purposes, 
as  provided  in  section  53. 

The  height  of  any  such  building  shall  not  be  increased  unless 
be  corbelled  or  the  beams  shall  be  hung  in  metal  hangers ;  and 
the  walls  and  foundations  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance. 

Every  such  building,  more  than  forty  feet  in  height,  so- 
altered,  remodeled  or  enlarged,  shall  be  provided  with  at  least 
two  independent  exits  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 

Any  such  building  so  altered,  remodeled  or  enlarged  as  a 
house  of  habitation  for  more  than  two  families  shall  have  the 
same  exposure  and  yards  as  is  hereinafter  provided  for  tene- 
ment houses. 

If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  superintendent,  the  alteration  pro- 
posed to  be  made  in  a  building  is  of  such  extent  as,  when  done, 


Cir.M'.  13.]  BUILDINGS. 

to  produce  a  practically  new  structure  or  to  impair  the  stability 
or  increase  the  fire  risk  of  the  structure  as  a  whole,  then  the 
whole  structure  shall  be  made  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  for  a  new  structure  of  the  same  class.  A  build- 
ing damaged  by  fire  or  other  casualty  may  be  repaired  or 
restored  so  as  to  conform  to  its  original  condition,  or  may  be 
reconstructed  in  some  or  all  of  its  parts  as  the  superintendent 
may  specify  in  his  permit. 

Except  as  otherwise  provided   for  tenement  houses,  every  wlndows 
living-room    in   a   building   hereafter   adapted    for   habitation 
shall  have  a  window  on  the  open  air  of  an  area  not  less  than 
ten.  square  feet  and  distant  not  less  than  six  feet  from  any 
opposite- wall,  or  three  feet  from  the  lot  line. 

FLOORS LOADS. 

SECT.  36.  All  new  or  renewed  floors  and  stairs  shall  be  so  Construction, 
constructed  as  to  carry  safely  the  weight  to.  which  the  pro- 
posed  use  of  the  building  may  subject  them  and  every  permit 
granted  shall  state  for  what  purpose  the  building  is  designed 
to  be  used;  but  the  least  capacity  per  superficial  square  foot, 
exclusive  of  materials,  shall  be: 

For  floors  of  houses  for  habitation,  fifty  pounds.  Houses. 

For  office  floors  and  for  public  rooms  of  hotels,  one  hundred  Offices, 
pounds. 

For    floors    of    retail    stores    and   public   buildings,    except  stores, 
schoolhouses,  or   for  light  manufacturing,   one  hundred   and 
twenty-five  pounds. 

For  floors  of  schoolhouses,  other  than  floors  of  assembly  School  bouses, 
rooms,  eighty  pounds,  and  for  floors  of  assembly  rooms,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds. 

For  floors  of  drill  rooms  and  riding  schools,  two  hundred  Ridine  schools, 
pounds. 

For  floors  of  warehouses,  at  least  two  hundred  and  fifty  Warehouses, 
pounds. 

For  flat  roofs,  forty  pounds.  Fiat  roofs. 

For   stairs,   landings,   platforms   and   fire   escapes,   seventy  stairs, 
pounds. 

The  loads  not  included  in  this  classification  shall  be  deter-  Loads, 
mined  by  the  superintendent. 

The  full  floor  load  specified  in  this  section  shall  be  included 
in  proportioning  all  parts  of  buildings  designed  for  ware> 
houses,  or  for  heavy  mercantile  and  manufacturing  purposes. 


ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

In  other  buildings,  however,  reductions  may  be  allowed,  as 
follows :  For  girders  carrying  more  than  one  hundred  square 
feet  of  floor,  the  live  load  may  be  reduced  ten  per  cent.  For 
columns,  piers,  walls  and  other  parts  carrying  two  floors,  a 
reduction  of  fifteen  per  cent  of -the  total  live  load  may  be 
made ;  where  three  floors  are  carried,  the  total  live  load  may 
be  reduced  by  twenty  per  cent ;  four  floors,  twenty-five  per 
cent ;  five  floors,  thirty  per  cent :  six  floors,  thirty-five  per  cent ; 
seven  floors,  forty  per  cent:  eight  floors,  forty-five  per  cent-, 
nine  or  more  floors,  fifty  per  cent. 

The  superintendent  may  prescribe  the  maximum  loads  which 
may  be  imposed  upon  the  floors  of  existing  buildings. 

The  superintendent  shall  prescribe  the  details  of  construc- 
tion of  all  fire  escapes. 

SHUTTERS. 

SECT.  37.  In  all  first  or  second  class  mercantile  or  manu- 
facturing buildings  over  thirty  feet  in  height,  outside  openings 
in  party  walls,  or  in  any  rear  or  side  wall  within  twenty  feet 
of  an  opposite  wall  or  building,  shall  have  metal  frames  and 
sashes,  and  shall  be  glazed  with  wire  glass,  or  shall  be  pro- 
tected by  shutters.  Such  shutters  shall  be  covered  on  both 
sides  with  tin,  or  shall  be  made  of  other  substantial  fireproof 
material,  and  hung  on  the  outside,  either  upon  independent 
metal  frames  or  upon  metal  hinges  attached  to  the  masonry, 
and  shall  be  made  to  be  handled  from  the  outside  and  one  such 
shutter  in  each  room  shall  have  a  protected  hand-hole  eight 
inches  in  diameter. 

ELEVATORS. 

Construction.  SECT.  38.     Elevators  and  hoists  for  freight  which   do  not 

run  above  the  first  story  may  be  constructed  without  fireproof 
enclosures.  Freight  and  passenger  elevators  may  be  placed 
in  areas  or  hallways  where  the  same  are  continuous  and  un- 
broken, such  elevators  to  be  protected  by  metal  grille.  In  all 
buildings  more  than  three  stories  in  height,  except  as  above 
provided,  all  shafts  for  elevators,  hoists  and  lifts  shall  be  con- 
structed of  fireproof  material.  All  light  and  ventilating  shafts, 
air  ducts  and  dumb  waiters  more  than  twenty-eight  inches 
square,  extending  above  one  story,  shall  be  constructed  of  or 
lined  with  incombustible  material  in  a  manner  approved  by  the 
superintendent.  The  tops  of  all  such  shafts  shall  be  covered 


('MAI-.  13.]  BUILDINGS. 

with  incombustible  material  unless  the  shaft  extends  above 
the  upper  floor  of  the  building,  and  in  that  case  the  shaft  shall 
be  carried  at  least  three  feet  above  the  roof  and  shall  be 
•covered  with  a  skylight.  Such  shafts,  if  for  freight  or  for 
passenger  elevators,  shall  be  of  brick  at  least  eight  inches 
thick,  or  of  metal  covered  on  both  sides  with  at  least  one  inch 
of  plaster  applied  immediately  to  the  metal,  or  of  some  other 
•equally  substantial  fireproof  material. 

Every  opening  into  a  shaft  or  hoist  way  shall  be  protected  by   Gates, 
self-closing  gates,  rails,  trap-doors,  or  other  equivalent  devices. 

Every  elevator  shall  be  provided  with  a  safety  attachment  safety   attach- 
to  prevent  the   falling  of  the  car.     The  machinery  over  the 
elevator  shall  have  underneath  it  a  grille  sufficient  to  protect 
the  car  from  falling  material. 

Even-  opening  into  an  elevator  shaft  or  hoistway  and  every  Closed  woen  not 
opening  through  a  floor,  other  than  a  stairway,  shall  be  closed 
when  not  in  use. 

All  elevator  shaft  openings,  other  than  openings  into  pas-  Openings 
senger  elevator  shafts,  shall  be  furnished  with  three-ply  metal- 
covered  or  incombustible  doors  hung  in  a  manner  satisfactory 
to  the  superintendent,  and  shall  be  provided  with  iron  thresh- 
olds. Wire  glass  panels  may  be  used  in  such  doors.  Outside 
windows  or  openings  of  every  elevator  shaft  other  than  ship- 
ping doors  shall  have  three  vertical  iron  rods,  painted  red, 
•equally  spaced  off  in  such  window  opening. 

The  space  between  the  car  of  a  passenger  elevator  and  door  space, 
of  each  landing  shall  be  not  more  than  two  inches. 

No  elevator  shall  be  used  in  any  building  until  the  same  is 
approved  in  writing  by  the  superintendent. 

In  case  any  freight  or  passenger  elevator  is  not  constructed  Elevator  unsnfe. 
or  furnished  in  compliance  with  this  ordinance,  or  has  become 
unsafe,  the  superintendent  shall  post  a  conspicuous  warning 
and  prohibition  at  each  entrance  to  such  elevator.  It  shall 
thereafter,  until  a  new  written  permit  is  given  by  the  super- 
intendent, be  a  penal  offence  hereunder  to  operate  the  said 
elevator,  or  to  remove  or  deface  the  said  notice. 

Ereight  elevator  wells  hereafter  built  on  the  line  of  the  Freight  eievator 
external  wall  of  a  building  shall  be  so  constructed  that  there 
shall  l^e  no  recess  in  the  outer  wall  along  the  whole  line  of 
the  same,  and  that  no  more  than  two  inches  spaoe  shall  be 
allowed  between  the  platform  of  the  car  and  the  outer  wall. 
The  side  of  the  platform  and  the  line  of  the  doorway  shall  be 
flush  with  the  well-way,  and  the  door  openings  from  the  said 


ORDINANCES 


[CHAP.  13. 


Accidents. 


Test   of  manu- 
facture. 


Safeguards. 


Inspected  by 
superintendent. 


elevator  well  into  the  building  shall  be  placed  back  from  the 
face  of  the  well,  so  as  to  allow  space  enough  for  self-closing 
gates  to  operate  between  the  door  and  the  well  opening.  Out- 
side openings  to  freight  elevators  shall  be  protected  by  self- 
closing  slatted  gates,  "vertical"  with  spaces  not  wider  than: 
two  inches  between  the  slats. 

If  any  accident  shall  occur  to  any  elevator  aft'ecting  life  or 
limb  or  damaging  any  part  of  the  machinery  or  running  parts 
of  the  elevator,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  in  charge,, 
immediately,  before  any  repairs  are  made,  or  any  broken 
pieces  are  removed,  to  notify  the  superintendent  of  the  acci- 
dent before  the  elevator  is  operated  again,  so  that  the  cause 
of  the  accident  may  be  determined,  and  faulty  construction- 
remedied,  and  satisfactory  repairs  made. 

All  manufacturers  of  elevators  shall  be  required  to  test,, 
in  the  presence  of  an  inspector,  the  safety  devices  of  every 
elevator  installed  before  the  same  is  turned  over  to  the  owners- 
for  use,  and  the  superintendent  shall  be  notified  by  the  manu- 
facturer at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  such  test  is  made. 
An  inspector  may  require  a  test  of  the  safety  device  of  any 
elevator  if  in  his  judgment  the  same  is  required. 

The  superintendent  may  require  additional  safeguards  on 
elevators,  if  in  his  judgment  the  condition,  use  or  surround- 
ings of  the  elevator  demand  them. 

The  superintendent  shall  inspect  all  freight  and  passenger 
elevators  twice  each  year,  and  no  elevator  shall  be  operated 
more  than  six  months  without  a  permit  from  the  superin- 
tendent. 


Fouii'Liticn. 


Wooden   buildings 
in    construction. 


WOODEN   BUILDINGS. 

SECT.  39.  Every  wooden  building  hereafter  erected  shall 
have  a  foundation  of  concrete,  rubble,  block  granite  or  brick, 
laid  in  mortar  or  other  equally  substantial  material  carried  to- 
the  surface  of  the  ground.  Every  such  foundation,  if  of  brick 
or  concrete,  shall  be  at  least  twelve  inches  thick ;  if  of  granite, 
shall  be  at  least  sixteen  inches  thick;  if  of  rubble,  shall  be  at 
least  twenty  inches  thick  at  the  bottom,  tapering  to  sixteen 
inches  at  the  top;  and  shall  be  laid  at  least  four  feet  below  any 
surface  exposed  to  frost  and  upon  solid  ground  or  upon  piles 
properly  spaced. 

Every  wooden  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  the  sills 
of  which  do  not  rest  directly  upon  a  foundation  as  above  de- 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  93 

scribed,  but  on  an  underpinning,  shall  have  such  underpinning 
made  of  brick,  stone  or  concrete;  and  if  the  building  is  forty 
feet  or  less  in  height  above  the  highest  street  level  of  its  prin- 
cipal front,  the  underpinning,  if  of  brick  or  concrete,  shall  be 
at  least  eight  inches  thick,  and  if  the  building  is  of  greater 
height,  the  underpinning,  if  of  brick  or  concrete,  shall  be  at 
least  twelve  inches  thick ;  every  underpinning  of  stone  shall  be 
at  least  sixteen  inches  thick.  Every  wooden  building  hereafter 
erected  or  altered  and  used  for  a  workshop  or  other  like  pur- 
pose, or  as  a  temporary  structure,  may,  if  the  superintendent 
approves,  rest  upon  mud  sills  or  blocks,  or  on  piles. 

Every  wooden  building  exceeding  fifteen  feet  in  height  here-  strength, 
after  erected  or  altered  shall  have  all  its  parts  of  sufficient 
strength  to  carry  the  weight  of  the  superstructure;  shall  be 
built  with  sills,  posts,  girts,  studs  and  plates,  properly  framed, 
mortised,  tenoned,  braced  and  pinned  in  each  story,  or  with  a 
"balloon  frame;  the  posts  and  girts  shall  be  not  less  than  four 
by  six  inches  in  cross-section  and  the  studs  shall  be  not  more 
than  twenty  inches  apart.  Wooden  buildings  hereafter  erected 
or  altered  for  other  purposes  than  habitation  shall  not  be  situ- 
ated within  three  feet  of  the  line  of  the  lot  unless  the  side  wall 
on  such  line  or  lines  be  of  brick  or  concrete  built  to  the  under- 
side of  the  roof. 

SECT.  40.  No  wooden  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  Height, 
to  be  used  as  a  habitation  shall  be  more  than  three  stories  in 
height  above  the  basement,  nor  more  than  fifty  feet  in  height 
above  the  street  level,  nor  shall  any  part  of  said  building, 
except  the  eaves  and  cornice,  be  nearer  than  three  feet  to  the 
line  of  any  adjoining  lot,  or  nearer  than  six  feet  to  any  other 
building  on  the  same  lot,  unless  the  side  wall  of  such  adjoining 
building  is  constructed  as  a  solid  wall  of  brick  or  concrete  or 
other  incombustible  material  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick, 
and  carried  twelve  inches  above  the  roof. 

All  wooden  buildings  hereafter  constructed  to  form  a  block 
of  two  or  more  houses  shall  have  a  brick  or  concrete  party 
wall  between  adjoining  houses,  which  shall  be  not  less  than 
eight  inches  thick,  1carried  to  the  under-side  o  fthe  roof  boards, 
according  to  the  requirements  of  section  17  hereof,  and  if  the 
superintendent  so  directs,  shall  be  carried  twelve  inches  above 
the  roof,  and  shall  be  capped  with  a  covering  of  stone,  cement 
or  metal  securelv  fastened  to  the  masonry.1 


94 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


FLOORING   DURING   CONSTRUCTION. 

SECT.  41.  If,  in  the  erection  of  an  iron  or  steel  frame 
building,  the  spaces  between  the  girders  or  floor  beams  of  a 
floor  are  not  filled  and  covered  by  the  permanent  construction 
of  such  floors  before  another  story  is  added  to  the  building, 
such  provision  shall  be  made  to  protect  the  workmen  from, 
falling  materials  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 


Tenement    house 
definition. 


Ccurt, 


Public    hall. 


Stair  hall 


Apnrtruent. 


Al<  ove 


ADDITIONAL    REQUIREMENTS 

HOUSES. 

DEFINITIONS. 


FOR     TENEMENT 


SECT.  42.     Certain  words  are  defined  as  follows : 

1.  A  tenement  house  is  any  house,  building,  structure  or 
portion   thereof,   occupied,   or   adapted   for   occupation,   as   a 
dwelling  by  more  than  three  families  living  independently  of 
one  another  and  doing  their  cooking  upon  the  premises,  or  by 
more  than  two  families  above  the  first  story  so  living  and  cook- 
ing.    A  family  living  in  a  tenement  house  may  consist  of  one 
or  more  persons. 

2.  A  court  is  an  open  unoccupied  space  other  than  a  yard 
on  the  same  lot  with  a  building.    An  inner  court  is  a  court  not 
extending  to  a  street,  or  alley,  or  open  passageway,  or  yard. 
An  outer  court  is  a  court  extending  to  a  street,  or  alley,  or 
open  passageway,  or  yard.     A  vent  court  is  an  inner  court  for 
the  lighting  and  ventilation  of  water-closets,  bathrooms,  public 
halls  and  stair  halls  only.     An  intake  is  a  passageway  connect- 
ing an  inner  court  writh  a  street,  or  alley,  or  open  passageway, 
or  yard. 

3.  A  public  hall  is  a  hall,  corridor  or  passageway  not  with- 
in an  apartment. 

4.  A  stair  hall  includes  the  stairs,  stair  landings  and  those 
parts  of  the  public  hall  through  which  it  is  necessary  to  pass  in 
going  from  the  entrance  floor  to  the  roof. 

5.  An  apartment  is  a  room,  or  suite  of  two  or  more  rooms, 
occupied,  or  suitable   for  occupation,  as  a  residence  for  one 
family. 

6.  An  alcove  is  a  portion  of  an  apartment  separated  from 
an  adjoining  room  by  a  partition,  with  an  opening  between 
the.  two  of  an  area  equal  to  not  over  sixty  per  cent  of  the 
separating  partition. 


CHAI-.  13.]  HUILDINGS.  1)5 

KM  STING    BUILDINGS. 

SECT.  43.  Nothing  herein  contained  unless  herein  other- 
wise provided  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  any  alterations 
to  he  made  of  existing  buildings  which  have  been  erected  in 
conformity  with  the  laws  in  force  at  the  time  the  permits  for 
same  were  granted. 

FIRE-ESCAPES. 

Si :cr.  44.  In  all  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  more  Means  of  egress. 
than  two  stories  in  height  above  the  basement  or  cellar  there 
shall  be  provided  at  least  two  independent  means  of  egress, 
accessible  from  each  apartment  above  the  first  floor,  one  of 
which  shall  be  one  of  the  following  means  of  egress  for  escape 
from  fire:  (i)  An  interior  enclosed  stairway  as  described  in 
this  section;  or  (2)  an  exterior  iron  fire-escape  and  stairs  as 
hereinafter  described;  or  (3)  iron  balconies  connecting  with 
adjoining  houses,  or  with  adjoining  parts  of  the  same  house 
separated  from  each  other  by  a  brick  partition  wall  in  which 
there  are  no  openings  except  such  as  are  protected  with  fire- 
proof self-closing  doors. 

1.  Interior  fire-escapes   may   consist   of   wooden   or  other  Fire  escapes, 
stairs.     Such  stairs  shall  extend,  from  the  top  floor  to  the  level 

of  the  entrance  floor  or  basement,  where  they  shall  open  into 
either  an  outer  or  an  inner  court  or  a  yard  or  a  public  or 
private  way.  These  stairs  and  entrance  halls  connecting  there- 
with shall  be  enclosed  in  the  basement  by  brick  walls  at  least 
eight  inches  thick,  and  the  stairs  and  entrance  halls  connecting 
therewith  above  the  basement  shall  be  enclosed  with  fireproof 
partitions  to  the  under  side  of  the  roof  boards  and  shall  have 
on  each  floor,  in  a  public  hall  accessible  from  each  apartment, 
a  fireproof  self-closing  door  and  fireproof  frame;  such  stair- 
case to  be  provided  with  a  ventilating  skylight  at  least  nine 
square  feet  in  area.  The  soffits  of  the  stairs  and  all  landings 
within  staircase  enclosure,  the  ceiling  of  the  entrance  halls  and 
the  basement  ceiling  under  same,  if  they  are  of  wood,  shall  be 
plastered  on  metal  lathing.  No  lock  shall  be  placed  on  any 
skylight,  but  it  may  be  fastened  on  the  inside  by  movable  bolts 
or  hooks. 

2.  Exterior  fire-escapes  shall  be  of  iron,  with  iron  grated 
floor,  and  capable  of  bearing  a  load  of  seventy  pounds  per 
square  foot.     The  stair  treads  shall  be  of  iron,  and  the  pitch 
of  the  stairs  shall  not  exceed  forty-five  degrees. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Balconies. 


Balconies  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  four  inches  wide,  and 
the  stairs  at  least  twenty  inches.  There  shall  be  a  landing  at 
the  foot  of  each  flight,  and  at  the  level  of  the  second  floor 
there  shall  be  cantilever  ladders,  or  other  safe  means  for 
reaching  the  ground.  The  rails  on  horizontal  balconies  and  on 
the  stairs  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  ten  inches  high  at  all  points. 

3.  Balconies  connecting  adjoining  houses,  or  adjoining 
parts  of  the  same  house  as  described  above,  shall  be  not  less 
than  thirty  inches  wide  and  capable  of  sustaining  a  load  of 
seventy  pounds  per  square  foot.  Railings  shall  be  not  less 
than  two  feet  ten  inches  high,  and  shall  be  of  iron. 

All  exterior  fire-escapes  and  balconies  shall  be  built  in 
accordance  with  specifications  furnished  by  the  superintendent. 


Dimension  and 
position. 


BULKHEADS   AND  SCUTTLES. 

SECT.  45.  Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall 
have  in  the  roof  a  bulkhead  or  scuttle.  No  scuttle  shall  be  less 
in  size  than  two  feet  by  three  feet,  and  all  scuttles  shall  be 
covered  on  the  outside  with  metal',  and  shall  be  provided  with 
stairs  or  stationary  ladders  leading  thereto  and  easily  acces- 
sible to  all  tenants  of  the  building,  and  kept  free  from  en- 
cumbrance, and  ready  for  us*e  at  all  times.  All  scuttles 
required  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  the  ceiling  of  the  public 
hall  on  the  top  floor,  and  access  through  the  scuttle  to  the  roof 
shall  be  direct  and  uninterrupted.  Scuttles  shall  be  hinged  so 
as  to  readily  open.  Every  bulkhead  hereafter  constructed  in 
a  tenement  house  shall  have  stairs  with  a  guide  or  hand  rail 
leading  to  the  roof,  and  shall  be  kept  free  from  encumbrance 
and  ready  for  use  at  all  times.  No  lock  shall  be  placed  on  any 
skylight,  scuttle  or  bulkhead  door,  but  either  may  be  fastened 
on  the  inside  by  movable  bolts  or  hooks.  All  key-locks  on 
scuttles  and  on  bulkhead  doors  shall  be  removed.  No  stair- 
way leading  to  the  roof  in  a  tenement  shall  be  removed. 


STAIR    HALLS HOW    ENCLOSED. 

SECT.  46.  In  second  and  third  class  tenement  houses  here- 
after erected,  the  stair  halls  other  than  those  about  interior 
fire-escapes  described  in  section  44  may  be  enclosed  with 
wooden  stud  partitions  plastered  on  wooden  laths. 

In  third-class   tenement   houses   hereafter   erected,   the   in- 


13.]  BUILDINGS.  97 

terior  fire-escapes  described  in  section  44  may  be  enclosed  with 
wooden  stud  partitions  if  such  partitions  are  covered  on  both 
sides  with  metal  laths  or  with  good  quality  plaster  boards  not 
less  than  one-half  inch  in  thickness,  made  of  plaster  and  strong 
fiber,  and  all  joints  made  true  and  well  pointed ;  and  provided 
that  the  space  between  the  studs  is  filled  in  with  brick  and 
mortar  or  other  incombustible  material  to  the  height  of  the 
floor  beams. 


STAIRS. 

SECT.  47.  Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall 
have  at  least  one  stairway  extending  from  the  entrance  floor  to 
the  top  story,  in  addition  to  the  interior  fire-escape,  and  every 
tenement  house  hereafter  erected  containing  more  than  one 
hundred  rooms  above  the  first  floor,  shall  have  an  additional 
separate  stairway  for  every  additional  one  hundred  rooms  or 
fraction  thereof.  Stairs  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  wide  be- 
tween the  wall  and  the  stair  rail,  and  shall  have  proper  railing. 


ENTRANCE    TO    STAIRWAYS. 

SECT.  48.  Each  stairway  shall  have  an  entrance  on  the 
entrance  floor  from  a  street  or  alley  or  open  passageway  or 
from  an  outer  court,  or  from  an  inner  court  which  connects 
directly  with  a  street  or  alley  or  open  passageway. 


ENTRANCE    HALLS. 

SECT.  49.  All  entrance  halls  in  every  tenement  house  here- 
after erected  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  six  inches  wide  in  the 
clear,  from  the  entrance  up  to  and  including  the  stair  enclos- 
ure, and  beyond  this  point  at  least  three  feet  wide  in  the  clear. 
If  such  entrance  hall  is  the  only  entrance  to  more  than  one 
stairway,  that  portion  of  said  hall  between  the  entrance  and 
the  stairway  shall  be  increased  at  least  eighteen  inches  in  width 
in  every  part  for  each  additional  stairway. 

PARTITIONS,    CONSTRUCTION    OF. 

SECT.  50.  In  all  tenement  houses  of  the  second  class  here- 
after erected,  all  bearing  partitions  shall  run  through  the 


98  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

wooden  floor  beams  and  rest  upon  the.  cap  of  the  partition  be- 
low, or  upon  a  girder  or  wall,  and  shall  have  the  studding  filled 
in  solid  between  the  uprights  to  the  depth  of  the  floor  beams 
with,  incombustible  materials.  Fire  stopping  in  third-class 
tenement  houses  may  be  of  wood. 


WOODEN    TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

SECT.  51.  Outside  of  the  fire  limit  districts,  tenement 
houses  not  exceeding  three  stories  in  height  above  the  base- 
ment, nor  two  thousand  square  feet  in  area,  may  be  erected  of 
wood.  Xo  wooden  tenement  house  shall  be  increased  in  height 
so  as  to  exceed  three  stories  above  the  basement  or  cellar. 

Two  separate  houses  may  have  one  common  entrance  x  and 
stairway,  provided  the  walls,  floor  and  ceiling  of  said  entrance1 
and  stairway  are  fireproofed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  super- 
intendent. 


SHAFTS. 

SECT.  52.  The  skylight  or  roof  covering  every  vent  shaft 
in  a  tenement  house  shall  be  raised  at  all  points  at  least  one 
foot  above  the  top  of  the  walls  of  such  vent  shaft,  and  the 
space  between  the  top  of  said  walls  and  the  skylight  shall 
remain  at  all  points  open  and  unobstructed  except  for  such 
supports  essential  to  the  stability  of  the  skylight,  as  may  be 
approved  by  the  superintendent. 


PORTIONS    USED   FOR    MERCANTILE    PURPOSES,    ETC. 

SECT.  53.     If   any   portion   of   a   tenement   house   is   to   be 
used  for  mercantile  manufacturing  or  storage  purposes,   the 
walls  and  ceilings  surrounding  the  areas  so  used  shall  be  metal 
lathed  or  fire  stopped  to- the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent. 
Transoms  and  SECT.  54.     The  superintendent  may   require  that  all   tran- 

soms and  windows  opening  into  halls  from  any  part  of  a  tene- 
ment house  where  paint,  oil,  spirituous  liquors  or  drugs  are 
stored  for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  otherwise,  shall  be  glazed 
with  wire  glass,  or  that  they  shall  be  removed  and  closed  up 
as  solidly  as  the  rest  of  the  wall. 

M:iy    10.    1910. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  99 

LIGHT  AND  VENTILATION. 

YARDS. 

SECT.  55.  The  requirements  for  yards  hereinafter  pro- 
vided shall  be  deemed  sufficient  for  all  tenement  houses. 

Except  in  those  cases  hereinafter  provided  for,,  there  shall 
l)e,  behind  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  a  yard 
extending  across  the  entire  width  of  the  lot,  and  at  every  point 
open  from  the  ground  to  the  sky  unobstructed,  except  by  fire- 
escapes  or  unenclosed  outside  stairs. 

The  depth  of  said  yard  shall  be  measured  from  the  ex-  Measurements, 
treme  rear  wall  of  the  house  to  the  rear  line  of  the  lot,  and 
at  right  angles  to  said  line,  except  that  where  there  is  an 
alley  or  open  passageway  in  the  rear  of  the  lot  the  depth  of 
the  yard  may  be  measured  to  the  middle  of  said  alley  or  open 
passageway.  On  an  irregular  lot  of  several  depths  where 
there  is  more  than  one  rear  line  to  the  lot,  such  yard  may 
extend  across  the  entire  width  of  the  lot  in  sections,  provided 
that  each  section  of  the  yard  is  in  every  part  and  at  every 
point  of  the  minimum  depth  hereinafter  prescribed.  Where 
the  side  lines  of  a  lot  converge  toward  the  rear,  the  depth  of 
the  yard  shall  be  such  as  to  give  it  an  area  equal  to  the 
greatest  width  of  the  yard  multiplied  by  the  ,depth  herein- 
after prescribed. 

Except  as  hereafter  provided,  the  depth  of  the  yard  behind 
every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  fifty  feet  in  height  or 
less  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  feet  in  very  part.  All  yards 
without  exception  shall  be  increased  in  depth  at  least  one 
foot  for  every  additional  ten  feet  of  height  of  the  building,  or 
fraction  thereof,  above  fifty  feet. 

1  Except  in  those  cases  hereinafter  provided  for,  when  a  ten- 
ement house  hereafter  erected  does  not  front  upon  a  street, 
a  public  alley,  or  a  passageway,  not  less  than  fifteen  feet 
wide,  the  requirements  in  this  section  as  to  yards  shall  apply 
to  the  front  of  such  tenement  house  as  well  as  to  the  rear. 
Neither  the  yard  behind  one  tenement  house  nor  any  part 
thereof  shall  be  deemed  to  satisfy  in  whole  or  in  part  the  re- 
quirement of  a  yard  in  front  of  another  tenement  house. 

1  Amended   May    10.   1010. 


100  ORDINANCES,  [CHAP.  13. 

Provided,  however,  that  in  all  cases  where  a  yard  is  re- 
quired by  this  ordinance,  the  building  above  the  first  story 
shall  not  cover  more  than  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  total 
lot  area,  unless  a  special  permit  shall  have  been  granted 
therefor  by  the  superintendent  and  unanimously  approved  by 
the  board  of  appeal.  If  the  lot  upon  which  the  building 
stands  extends  through  to  an  open  alley  or  passage  in  the 
rear,  half  of  the  area  of  said  passage  opposite  the  rear  line 
of  the  lot  may  be  included  as  a  part  of  the  total  lot  area  in 
estimating  the  size  of  the  building. 

CASES  IN  WHICH  NO  YARD  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED. 

SECT.  56.  No  yard  shall  be  required  behind  a  tenement 
house  hereafter  erected  upon  a  lot  which  abuts  at  the  rear 
upon  a  railroad  right  of  way,  a  cemetery  or  a  public  park. 

No  yard  shall  be  required  behind  a  tenement  house  here- 
after erected  upon  a  lot  1bounded  on  two  or  more  sides  by 
streets  or  by  streets,  alleys  or  open  passageways,  not  less 
than  twelve  feet  in  width,  or  by  such  streets,  alleys  and  pas- 
sageways and  a  railroad  right  of  way,  a  cemetery  or  a  public 
park. 

2Where  a  block  of  tenement  houses  is  so  designed  that  an 
adequate  distribution  of  light  and  air  is  obtained  by  means 
of  open  courts,  the  arrangements  of  yards  and  courts  may 
be  varied  from  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  provided, 
however,  that  the  width  of  the  yard  behind  the  whole  block 
at  the  rear  of  the  lot  shall  in  no  case  be  less  than  that  re- 
quired by  this  ordinance  for  a  single  tenement  house,  and 
provided  further,  that  the  whole  structure  or  block  shall  not 
cover  more  than  75  per  cent,  of  the  total  area  of  the  lot. 

NO  yard  behind  No  yard  shall  be  required  behind  a  tenement  house  here- 

a  tenement  house,  . 

etc.  after  erected  upon  a  lot  running    through    from    street    to 

street  or  from  a  street  to  an  alley  or  open  passageway  not 
less  than  twelve  feet  in  width,  provided  that  when  a  lot  runs 
through  from  a  street  to  a  passageway  less  than  twelve  feet 
wide,  the  building  shall  be  set  back  so  that  the  distance  from 
the  center  of  the  passageway  to  the  rear  line... of  the  building 
shall  be  not  less  than  that  prescribed  in  the  previous  sec- 
tion for  yards. 

The  rear  yard  herein  provided  for  may  be  occupied  over 
the  whole  area  for  mercantile  or  manufacturing  purposes 

J  Amended   May   19,   1909. 
2  Amended  May  1,  1910. 


CHA1'.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  101 

through  the  height  of  the  basement  and  first  story,  not  ex- 
ceeding fourteen  feet  above  the  first  floor. 

COURTS. 

SECT.  57.     No  court  of  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  8kyII«ut 
shall  be  covered  by  a  roof  or  skylight,  but  every  such  court 
shall  be  at  every  point  open  to  the  sky  unobstructed.       All 
courts,  except  for  fire-escapes,  may  start  at  the  second  tier 
of  beams. 

OUTER  COURTS. 

SECT.  58.  The  width  of  outer  courts  for  tenement  houses  MeasuremeD*s. 
fifty  feet  or  less  in  height  shall  be  not  less  than  six  feet  in 
every  part;  and  for  every  ten  feet  of  increase  or  fraction 
thereof  in  height  of  such  tenement  houses,  such  width  shall 
be  increased  one  foot,  throughout  the  whole  length  of  the 
court. 

Wherever  an  outer  court  changes  its  initial  horizontal 
direction,  or  wherever  any  part  of  such  court  extends  in  a 
direction  so  as  not  to  receive  direct  light  from  the  street  or 
yard,  or  from  an  alley,  or  open  passageway  not  less  than 
twelve  feet  in  width,  the  lentgh  of  that  part  of  the  court  shall 
never  exceed  its  width,  such  length  to  be  measured  from  the 
point  at  which  the  change  of  direction  begins. 

INNER   COURTS. 

SECT.  59.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  only  to 
tenement  houses  hereafter  erected.  Where  the  building 
does  not  exceed  fifty  feet  in  height,  the  least  width  of  the 
court  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  feet,  and  the  area  of  the 
court  shall  be  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight 
square  feet.  For  every  ten  feet  or  fraction  thereof  of  in- 
crease in  the  height  of  the  building"  above  fifty  feet  the  mini- 
mum width  of  such  inner  courts  shall  be  increased  by  one 
foot,  and  the  area  shall  be  increased  proportionally. 

VENT   COURTS. 

SECT.  60.  Inner  courts  used  solely  for  the  lighting  and 
ventilation  of  water-closets,  bathrooms,  public  halls  or  stair 
halls,  or  for  interior  fire-escapes,  may  be  constructed  in  any 
tenement  house,  and  shall  be  not  less  than  fifteen  square  feet 


102 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


in  area,  nor  less  than  three  feet  in  the  least  horizontal  dimen- 
sion for  buildings  fifty  feet  or  less  in  height.  For  every 
increase  of  ten  feet  or  fraction  thereof  in  the  height  of  such 
buildings,  the  least  dimension  shall  be  increased  by  one  foot, 
and  the  area  by  not  less  than  eight  square  feet. 


Dimensions  and 
arrangement. 


INTAKES. 

SECT.  61.  Every  inner  court  in  a  tenement  house  here- 
after erected  shall  be  provided  with  one  or  more  horizontal 
intakes  at  the  bottom.  Such  intakes,  in  vent  courts,  shall 
not  be  less  than  four  square  feet  in  area,  so  arranged  as  to 
be  easily  cleaned ;  in  other  inner  courts  they  shall  be  not 
less  than  three  feet  wide  and  seven  feet  high,  and  there  shall 
be  at  least  two  open  grill  doors,  containing  not  less  than  fif- 
teen square  feet  of  unobstructed  openings,  one  at  the  inner 
•court  and  the  other  at  the  street  or  vard,  as  the  case  may  be. 


Cutting  of 

an. ides.    etc. 


Windows. 


ANGLES  OF  COURTS. 

SECT.  62.  Nothing  contained  in  the  foregoing  sections 
concerning  outer  and  inner  courts  shall  be  construed  as  pro- 
hibiting cutting  off  the  angles  of  such  courts  by  diagonal 
walls,  provided  the  running  length  of  said  walls  does  not  ex- 
ceed six  feet,  or  as  prohibiting  the  placing  of  windows  in 
such  walls. 

BUILDINGS  ON   THE   SAME  LOT   WITH   TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

SECT.  63.  Except  as  otherise  provided  in  section  56,  no 
tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be  so  enlarged  or  its  lot  so 
diminished,  and  no  building  of  any  kind  shall  be  hereafter 
so  placed  upon  the  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house,  as  to 
decrease  the  minimum  depth  of  yards  or  the  minimum  size 
of  courts  or  yards  prescribed  in  this  act  for  tenement  houses 
hereafter  erected. 

ROOMS,   LIGHTING   AND  VENTILATION. 

SECT.  64.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there 
shall  be  in  each  room,  except  water-closet  compartments 
and  bathrooms,  windows  with  movable  sashes  of  a  total  area 
of  at  least  one-eighth  of  the  floor  area  of  the  room,  opening 
directly  on  a  street  or  public  alley  or  open  passageway  not 
less  than  fifteen  feet  wide,  or  upon  a  yard  or  court  of  the 
dimensions  hereinbefore  specified,  or  upon  a  railroad  right 


CHAP.  13.]  1:1  LLDINGS.  103 

of  way,  cemetery  or  public  park.  The  top  of  at  least  one 
window  shall  be  not  less  than  seven  feet  above  the  floor, 
except  in  rooms  on  the  top  floor,  where  the  top  of  at  least 
one  window  shall  not  be  less  than  five  feet  six  inches  above 
the  floor. 

ALCOVES. 
SECT.  65.     Every  alcove  in  every  tenement  house  hereafter  openings  into 

J-  J  rooms, 

erected  shall  be  provided  with  an  opening  into  a  room,  such 

opening1  to  be  equal  in  area  to  sixty  per  cent,  of  that  side 
of  the  alcove  in  which  the  opening  is  located. 

Xo  portion  of  a  room  in  any  tenement  house  shall  be  par- 
titioned off  so  as  to  form  an  alcove  not  conforming  to  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

ROOMS,  SIZE  OF. 

SECT.  66.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  all  Dimensions. 
rooms,  except  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms, 
shall  be  of  the  following  minimum  sizes:  In  each  apartment 
there  shall  be  at  least  one  room  containing  not  less  than  one 
hundred  and  twenty  square  feet  of  floor  area  and  provided 
with  a  chimney  flue  and  thimble,  except  where  said  room  is 
furnished  with  heat  from  a  central  heating  apparatus.  Each 
room  above  the  basement  shall  be  in  every  part  not  less  than 
eight  and  one-half  feet  high  from  the  finished  floor  to  the 
finished  ceiling,  provided  that  only  one-half  of  an  attic  room 
need  be  eight  and  one-half  feet  high.  No  bedroom  above 
the  basement  shall  be  of  an  area  less  than  seventy  square 
feet,  except  one  in  each  apartment,  which  may  be  not  les£ 
than  sixty-three  square  feet. 

PUBLIC   HALLS. 

SECT.  67.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section  68,  in  windows, 
every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  every  public  hall 
shall  have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly  upon  a  street, 
a  public  alley  or  open  passageway  not  less  than  ten. feet  in 
width,  a  railroad  right  of  way,  a  cemetery,  or  a  public  park, 
or  upon  a  yard  or  court  or  a  vent  court  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion 60. 

Any  part  of  a  hall  which  is  shut  off  from  any  other  part   Separate  nail, 
of  said  hall  by  a  door  or  doors  shall  be  deemed  a  separate 
hall  within  the  meaning  of  this  section. 


104 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Dimensions  and 
position. 


Additional    stairs. 


WINDOWS  FOR  STAIR   HALLS,   SIZE  OF. 

SECT.  68.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  the 
ag§"regate  area  of  windows  to  light  or  ventilate  stair  halls 
on  each  floor  shall  be  at  least  twelve  square  feet;  provided, 
however,  that  when  there  shall  be,  within  the  space  enclosed 
by  the  stairway  and  its  landings,  from  the  second  story  up- 
ward, an  open  area  for  light  and  ventilation  whose  least 
horizontal  dimension  shall  be  in  no  case  less  than  three  feet, 
then  the  windows  required  in  section  67  may  be  omitted,  in 
which  case  there  shall  be  in  the  roof,  directly  over  the  stair- 
well, a  ventilating  skylight  provided  with  ridge  ventilators, 
having  a  minimum  opening  of  forty  square  inches,  or  else 
such  skylight  shall  be  provided  with  fixed  or  movable 
louvres.  The  glazed  roof  of  the  skylight  shall  be  not  less 
than  twenty  square  feet  in  area. 

The  conditions  herein  contained,  which  apply  to  public 
stairs  and  halls,  shall  not  apply  to  prohibit  or  restrict  the 
construction  of  additional  stairs  and  halls  for  service  pur- 
poses. 

PRIVACY. 

SECT.  69.  In  every  apartment  of  four  or  more  rooms  in  a 
tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  at  least  one  water-closet 
compartment  shall  be  accessible  without  passing  through 
anv  bedroom. 


No  basement 
occupied  for 
living  purposes. 


Size. 


Privacy. 


Windows. 


BASEMENT   IN   TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

SECT.  70.  In  tenement  houses  jno  room  in  the  cellar  or 
basement  shall  be  occupied  for  living  purposes,  unless  all 
of  the  following  conditions  are  complied  with : 

1.  Such  room,  shall  be  at  least  eight  feet  high  in  every 
part  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling,  and  shall  contain  not  less 
than  ninety  feet  floor  area. 

2.  There  shall  be  appurtenant  to  such  room  the  use  of 
a  water-closet,  separate  therefrom,  constructed  and  arranged 
as  required  by  section  69. 

3.  Such  room  shall  have  a  window  or  windows  opening 
upon  the  street,  an  alley  or  open  passageway  not  less  than 
fifteen  feet  in  width,  a  railroad  right  of  way,  cemetery  or 
public  park  or  upon  a  yard  or  court.     The  total  area  of  win- 
dows in  such  room  shall  be  at  least  one-eighth  of  the  floor 
area  of  the  room,  and  one-half  of  the  sash  shall  be  made  to 


[CHAP.  13.  BUILDINGS.  105 

open  full  width,  and  the  top  of  each  window  shall  be  within 
six  inches  of  the  ceiling. 

4.     The  floor    of    such    rooms    shall    be    damp-proof   and   Floor, 
water-proof,  and  all  walls  surrounding  such  room  shall  be 
damp-proof. 

WATER-CLOSETS    IN    TENEMENT    HOUSES    HEREAFTER    ERECTED. 

SECT.  71.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there  windowr. 
shall  be  a  separate  water-closet  in  a  separate  compartment 
within  each  apartment  of  four  or  more  rooms.  Such  com- 
partment shall  have  a  window,  opening  directly,  or  through 
a  straight  horizontal  shaft  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the 
window  and  not  more  than  four  feet  long,  upon  a  street,  a 
railroad  right  of  way,  cemetery  or  public  park  or  a  yard  or 
alley  or  open  passageway  not  less  than  four  feet  wide,  or 
upon  a  vent  court  or  upon  a  covered  passageway  not  more 
than  twenty  feet  long  and  at  least  twenty  feet  wide,  and 
twenty  feet  high.  Every  such  window  shall  be  at  least  one 
foot  by  three  feet  between  stop  beads ;  and  the  whole  window 
shall  be  made  so  as  to  open  readily.  When,  however,  such 
water-closet  compartment  is  located  on  the  top  floor  and 
is  lighted  and  ventilated  by  a  skylight  over  it,  no  window  Ventllallon 
shall  be  necessary,  provided  that  the  roof  of  such  skylight 
contains  at  least  three  square  feet  of  glazed  surface  and  is 
arranged  so  as  to  open  readily.  Nothing  in  this  section  in 
regard  to  the  ventilation  of  water-closet  compartments  shall 
apply  to  water-closet  hereafter  placed  in  an  existing  tene- 
ment house,  to  replace  a  defective  fixture  in  the  same  posi- 
tion and  situation.  Every  water-closet  compartment  in  any 
tenement  house  shall  be  provided  with  proper  means  of  light- 
ing the  same  at  night.  No  plumbing  fixtures  shall  be  en- 
closed with  any  woodwork. 

LIGHTING   AND   VENTILATION    OF    EXISTING   TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

SECT.  72.  The  superintendent  may  require  rooms  in  exist- 
ing tenement  houses  to  be  provided  with  adequate  lighting 
and  ventilation,  not  exceeding  the  minimum  requirements  of 
this  ordinance.  No  tenement  house  shall  be  so  altered  as  to 
reduce  the  provisions  for  the  light  and  ventilation  of  any 
room  or  alcove  or  public  hall  or  stair  hall  below  the  require- 
ments of  this  ordinance. 


106 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Position. 


SKYLIGHTS. 

SECT.  73.  Where  the  'public  hall  in  an  existing  tenement 
house  is  not  provided  with  windows  opening  as  provided  in 
section  67,  and  where  there  is  not  a  stairwell  as  provided  in 
section  68,  all  doors  leading  from  such  public  hall  into  apart- 
ments shall  be  provided  with  translucent  glass  panels  of  an 
area  of  not  less  than  four  square  feet  for  each  door;  or  such 
public  hall  may  be  lighted  by  a  window  or  windows  at  the  end 
thereof  with  the  plane  of  the  window  at  right  angles 
to  the  axis  of  the  hall,  said  window  opening  upon  the 
street,  a  railroad  right  of  way,  cemetery,  public  park  or  an 
alley  or  open  passageway  at  least  ten  feet  in  width,  or  upon 
a  yard  or  court  of  the  dimensions  hereinbefore  provided. 
There  shall  be  no  flights  of  stairs  of  more  than  fifteen  or  less 
than  three  steps  between  landings. 


Running   water 


Proper   grading. 


Board   of  health. 


WATER    SUPPLY. 

SECT.  74.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there 
shall  be  in  each  apartment  a  proper  unenclosed  sink  with 
running  water. 

DRAINAGE  OF  COURTS  AND  YARDS. 

SECT.  75.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  or 
altered,  all  courts,  areas,  intakes  and  yards  shall  be  properly 
graded,  drained  or  otherwise  surfaced  to  the  satisfaction  r.[ 
the  superintendent. 

RECEPTACLES    FOR    GARBAGE-  AND    ASHES. 

SECT.  76.  Receptacles  or  conveyors  for  ashes,  rubbish, 
garbage,  refuse  or  other  matter  shall  be  subject  to  the  regu- 
lations of  the  board  of  health. 


THEATERS. 

DEFINITION. 

SECT.  77.  Every  building  hereafter  erected  so  as  to  con- 
tain an  audience  hall  and  a  stage,  with  curtain,  movable  or 
shifting  scenery,  and  machinery,  adapted  for  the  giving  of 
plays,  operas,  spectacles  or  similar  forms  of  entertainment, 
and  of  a  size  to  provide  seats  for  more  than  five  hundred 
spectators,  shall  be  a  theater  within  the  meaning  of  this 


Cir.\i».  13.]  BUILDINGS.  107 

ordinance.  No  existing  building  shall  be  altered  and  used 
as  a  theater,  unless  it  conforms  to  the  provision  of  this  ordi- 
nance for  a  new  theater. 

CONSTRUCTION. 

SKCT.  78.  Every  theater  hereafter  built  to  contain  an 
audience  of  more  than  a  thousand  people  or  with  more  than 
one  gallery  or  balcony  above  the  main  floor,  and  every 
theater,  the  stage  of  which  is  more  than  five  feet  above  the 
level  of  the  principal  street  upon  which  the  theater  abuts, 
shall  be  built  of  fireproof  construction  throughout,  except 
that  the  floor  boards  may  be  of  wood,  and  the  steel  work  of 
the  stage,  of  the  fly  galleries,  and  of  the  rigging  loft  need 
not  be  fireproofed. 

Theaters  seating  less  than  one  thousand  persons,  of  which  seating  capacity, 
the  stage  is  not  over  five  feet  above  the  level  of  the  principal 
street,  may  be   of   secpnd-class  construction,  but   no  theater 
nor  place  of  amusement  shall  be  built  of  third-class  construc- 
tion. 

OPEN    COURTS. 

SECT.  79.  Every  theater  built  in  a  block  not  on  a  corner  Area> 
shall  have  an  open  court  or  passageway  on  both  sides  ex- 
tending from  the  proscenium  line  to  the  line  of  the  street  on 
the  front,  or  in  case  the  building  abuts  on  a  street  both  in 
front  and  rear,  these  passages  may  extend  from  the  line  of 
the  front  of  the  auditorium  to  the  line  of  rear  street.  These 
passages  shall  be  at  least  six  feet  wide  throughout  their 
length  and  shall  not  be  closed  by  any  locked  gate  or  door- 
way. They  shall  immediately  adjoin  the  auditorium,  or  a 
side  passage  or  lobby  directly  connected  therewith.  These 
passages  shall  be  open  to  the  sky  opposite  the  whole  depth 
of  the  auditorium,  but  may  be  carried  out  to  the  street  front 
or  rear  through  passages  enclosed  by  brick  walls  or  other 
fireproof  material  equally  efficient  and  covered  by  a  solid 
brick  vault  at  least  eight  inches  thick,  each  passage  to  be  not 
less  than  six  feet  wide  and  ten  feet  high  throughout. 

SECT.  80.     Every    theater   built    upon    the    corner   of    two  Construction, 
streets  shall  have  one  inner  court  on  the  side  of  the  building 
away  from  the  side  street,  such  court  to    be    of    the    same 
description  as  the  courts  provided  for  in  the  preceding  para- 
graph.; but  if  the  theater  is  so  planned  that  the  auditorium  is 


108 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAI-.  i::. 


carried  out  on  two  sides  to  the  lines  of  a  public  or  private 
street  or  way,  or  is  >eparated  from  such  lines  only  by  side 
passages  or  lobbies,  both  courts  may  be  omitted. 


STORES,  ETC. 

SECT,  Si.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  construed 
to  prohibit  the  use  of  any  part  of  a  theater  buildin.tr  for 
stores,  offices  or  for  habitation,  provided  that  the  parts  so 
used  shall  be  built  with  exits  to  the  street  entirely  distinct 
from  the  rest  of  the  building,  and  shall  be  separated  from  the 
rest  of  the  building  by  solid  partitions  or  walls,  without  any 
openings  in  the  same. 

Ki.oou   LEVELS. 

SECT.  82.  In  all  theaters  the  entrances  shall  be  not  more 
than  one  step  above  the  level  of  the  sidewalk  of  the  main 
street. 


Construction  and 
dimensions. 


Msterials 


PROSCENIUM    WALL. 

SECT.  83.  The  stage  of  every  theater  shall  be  separated 
from  the  auditorium  by  a  wall  of  fireproof  construction, 
which  wall  shall  extend  the  whole  width  of  the  auditorium 
and  the  whole  height  to  the  roof  of  the  portion  occupied  bv 
the  stagv.  There  shall  be  no  openings  through  this  wall 
between  the  stage  and  the  auditorium  except  the  curtain 
opening,  one  doorway  each  side  behind  the  boxes,  and  one 
doorway  which  shall  be  located  at  or  below  the  level  of  the 
stage.  The  doorways  shall  not  exceed  twenty-one  superfi- 
cial feet  each,  and  shall  have  standard  fire  doors  hung  in  a 
manner  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent.  The  finish  or 
decorative  features  around  the  curtain  opening  of  every 
theater  shall  be  of  fireproof  material. 

In  all  buildings  of  second-class  construction  the  p; 
uium  wall  must  be  of  brick  laid  in  mortar  composed  of  at 
least  one-third  cement  to  two-thirds  lime,  must  be  twciuy 
inches  thick  in  the  basement,  noi  less  than  sixteen  inches 
thick  to  the  height  of  forty  feet  above  the  stage  level,  and 
not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  for  remaining  height.  In 
a  building  of  first-class  construction,  this  partition  may  be 
constructed  of  any  of  the  approved  fireproof  materials  pro- 
vided for  in  this  ordinance. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  109 

CURTAIN". 

SKCT.  84.  The  proscenium  or  curtain  opening  of  every  Fire -resist  in  if. 
theater  shall  have  a  fire-resisting  curtain  reinforced  by  wire 
netting,  or  otherwise  strengthened.  If  of  iron,  or  similar 
heavy  material,  and  made  to  lower  from  the  top,  it  shall  be  so 
arranged  as  to  be  stopped  securely  at  a  height  of  seven  feet 
above  the  stage  floor,  the  remaining  opening  being  closed 
by  a  curtain  or  valance  of  fire-resisting  fabric. 

STAGE    FLOOR. 

SKCT.  85.  In  theaters  of  first-class  construction,  the  part  Materials, 
of  the  stage  floor,  usually  equal  to  the  width  of  the  pros- 
cenium opening,  used  in  working  scenery,  traps  or  other  me- 
chanical apparatus,  may  be  of  wood,  and  no  flooring  used 
thereon  shall  be  less  than  one  and  one-eighth  inches  in  thick- 
ness. 

VENTILATORS. 

SECT.  86.  There  shall  be  one  or  more  ventilators  near  the  $g£*  ln 
center,  and  above  the  highest  part  of  the  stage  of  every 
theater,  of  a  combined  area  of  opening  satisfactory  to  the 
superintendent,  and  not  less  than  one-tenth  of  the  area  of 
the  undivided  floor  space  behind  the  curtain  at  the  stage 
floor  level.  The  openings  in  every  such  ventilator  shall  be 
closed  by  valves  or  louvres  so  counterbalanced  as  to  open 
automatically,  which  shall  be  kept  closed  when  not  in  use,  by 
a  fusible  link  and  cord  reaching  to  the  prompter's  desk,  and 
readily  operated  therefrom.  Such  cord  shall  be  of  combusti- 
ble material  and  so  arranged  that  if  it  is  severed  the  ventilator 
will  open  automatically. 

Skylight  coverings  for  ventilators  shall  have  sheet  metal   Materials  in  sky- 
,  -11111-11  1  r  light  covering, 

frames  set  with  double  thick  glass,  each  pane  thereof  meas- 
uring not  less  than  three  hundred  square  inches,  or  shall  be 
protected  with  wire  glass.  If  wire  glass  is  not  used,  a  suit- 
able wire  netting  shall  be  placed  immediately  beneath  the 
glass,  but  above  the  ventilator  opening.  Illuminating  fix- 
tures over  the  auditorium  shall  be  suspended  and  secured  in 
a  manner  approved  by  the  superintendent. 

Glass   on    illuminating   fixtures   over   the   auditorium   shall  Glass  on  fixtures 
be  secured  from  danger  of  falling  as  the  superintendent  shall 
require,  but  in  no  case  shall  any  glass  more  than  six  inches 
in  diameter  or  length  be  hung  over  the  auditorium  unless 


110 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


protected    from   falling  by   a   wire   netting  or   similar   device 
satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 


Position  of  seats. 


Platforms  for 
seats. 


SKATS    IX    AUDITORIUM. 

SECT.  87.  All  seats  in  the  auditorium  excepting  those  con- 
tained in  boxes  shall  be  spaced  not  less  than  thirty  inches 
from  back  to  back,  measured  in  a  horizontal  direction,  and 
shall  be  firmly  secured  to  the  floor.  Xo  seat  in  the  audi- 
torium shall  have  more  than  six  seats  intervening  between  it 
and  an  aisle  on  either  side. 

The  platforms  for  seats  in  balconies  and  galleries  shall 
nowhere  have  a  greater  rise  than  twenty-one  inches,  nor  be 
less  than  thirty  inches  from  back  to  back. 


AISLES. 

SECT.  88.  All  aisles  on  the  respective  floors  in  the  audi- 
torium having  seats  on  both  sides  of  the  same,  shall  be  not 
less  than  thirty  inches  wide  where  they  begin  and  shall  be 
increased  in  width  toward  the  exits  in  the  ratio  of  one  inch 
to  five  running  feet.  Aisles  having  seats  on  one  side  only 
shall  be  not  less  than  two  feet  wide  at  their  beginning  and 
shall  increase  in  width,  the  same  as  aisles  having  seats  on 
both  sides. 


CHANGES    IN    LEVEL. 

SECT.  89.  All  changes  in  the  levels  of  the  floors  of  such 
buildings,  except  under  stairways,  from  story  to  story,  and 
except  the  necessary  steps  in  galleries  and  balconies  rising 
toward  the  exits,  shall  be  made  by  inclines  of  no  steeper 
gradient  than  two  in  ten  within  the  auditorium  and  rising 
toward  the  exits,  and  one  in  ten  for  all  others. 


LOBBIES. 

SECT.  90.  Preceding  each  division  of  the  theater  there 
shall  be  foyers,  lobbies,  corridors  or  passages,  the  aggregate 
capacity  of  which  on  each  floor  or  gallery  shall  be  sufficient 
to  contain  the  whole  number  to  be  accommodated  on  such 
floor  or  gallery  in  the  ratio  of  one  square  foot  of  floor  room 
for  each  person.  . 


CHAP.  13.]  I'.IILDINGS.  Ill 


STACK    DOOR. 


SKCT.  <ji.  There  shall  be  not  less  than  two  exit  doors,  each 
not  less  than  three  feet  in  width,  located  as  far  apart  as  prac- 
ticable, and  opening  directly  upon  a  street,  alley,  court, 
courtway  or  passage  leading  to  a  public  thoroughfare. 


ROOM  EXITS. 

SECT.  92.  All  rooms  in  theaters  for  the  use  of  persons  em- 
ployed therein  shall  have  passages  to  at  least  two  indepen- 
dent means  of  exit. 

DOORS    TO    OPEN    OUTWARD. 

SECT.  93.  All  doors  of  exit  or  entrance  shall  open  out- 
ward, and  shall  be  hung  so  as  to  swing  in  such  a  manner  as 
not  to  become  an  obstruction  in  a  passage  or  corridor,  and 
no  such  doors  shall  be  fastened  so  as  to  be  inoperative  when 
the  building  is  occupied  by  an  audience. 

FALSE  DOORS. 

SECT.  94.     Xo  mirrors   shall  be   so  placed  as  to  give  the   NO  mirrors, 
appearance  of  a  doorway  or  exit,  hallway  or  corridor,  nor 
shall  there  be  any  false  doors  or  windows. 

MAIN   FLOOR  AND  FIRST  GALLERY  EXITS. 

SECT.  95.  A  common  exit  may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of 
the  auditorium  and  the  first  gallery,  provided  that  its  capac- 
ity be  equal  to  the  aggregate  capacity  of  the  outlets  from 
the  main  floor  and  the  said  gallery;  and  provided  that  the 
lowermost  run  of  any  exit  leading  from  a  gallery  shall  not 
open  directly  at  right  angles  with  the  central  axis  of  a  com- 
mon exit  unless  there  is  a  clear  space  or  landing  of  at  least 
one  and  one-quarter  times  the  width  of  the  exit  between  the 
foot  of  such  exit  and  such  center  line  or  nearest  exit  door- 
way. 

EXITS. 

SECT.  96.  Two  distinct  and  separate  exits  shall  be  pro- 
vided for  each  gallery  and  balcony  above  the  main  floor;  and 
the  same  shall  be  located  on  opposite  sides  of  the  galleries. 

All  gallery  or  balcony  exits  shall  start  with  a  width  of  not 
less  than  three  feet  at  the  uppermost  gallery. 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Exits  from  balconies  and  galleries  shall  not  communicate 
with  the  basement  or  cellar. 


Dimensions. 


Fireproof  par- 
tition. 


AGGREGATE  WIDTH  OF  EXITS. 

SECT.  97.  The  aggregate  width  of  all  the  exits  previously 
described  shall  be  estimated  on  a  basis  of  not  less  than 
twenty  inches  for  every  one  hundred  persons  for  whom  seats 
are  provided  in  the  sections  of  the  auditorium  served  by  the 
respective  exits. 

EMERGENCY   EXITS. 

SECT.  97.  In  addition  to  the  exits  previously  described 
there  shall  be  one  exit  from  each  side  of  each  gallery,  bal- 
cony and  main  floor  of  auditorium,  at  least  five  feet  wide, 
leading  to  exterior  balconies  not  less  than  four  feet  wide  and 
twenty  feet  long  on  each  side  of  the  auditorium.  From  such 
balconies  there  shall  be  staircases  extending  to  the  ground 
level,  which  may  be  counter-weighted,  with  risers  of  not  over 
eight  and  one-half  inches  and  treads  of  not  less  than  nine  and 
one-half  inches,  exclusive  of  nosing.  The  aggregate  width 
of  these  emergency  stairs  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  inches  for 
every  one  hundred  people  served  thereby,  no  single  stairs  being 
less  than  thirty  inches  wide.  If  counterweighted,  these  stairs 
shall  be  lowered  during  all  performances. 

Where  such  stairs  are  in  an  interior  court,  each  run  shall 
be  covered  by  a  light  awning  of  iron. 

Nothing  herein  shall  prohibit  the  building  of  emergency 
stairs  and  exits  inside  the  walls  of  the  building,  provided  that 
they  are  surrounded  by  a  fireproof  partition  not  less  than  four 
inches  thick  separating  the  exits  and  stairways  from  the  audi- 
ence room  or  auditorium. 


Fire-escapes  and 
exits. 


ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS. 

SECT.  99.  The  superintendent  shall  have  power  to  require 
a  greater  number  or  capacity  of  exits  than  is  herein  prescribed. 

In  every  theater  there  shall  be  over  every  exit,  on  the  inside, 
and  over  every  opening  to  a  fire-escape,  on  the  inside, 
an  illuminated  sign,  bearing  the  word  "exit"  or  "fire-escape," 
respectively,  in  letters  not  less  than  four  inches  high.  The 
lights  for  the  exit  signs,  passages,  stairs,  lobbies,  auditoriums, 
rear  of  auditoriums,  balconies  galleries  for  the  balconies,  and 
stairs  outside  the  building,  shall  be  so  arranged  that  they  can 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS. 

be  turned  on  or  off  independently  of  the  means  provided  on 
the  stage  or  in  any  part  of  the  building  in  the  rear  of  the 
proscenium  wall.  Every  exit  sign  shall  be  kept  illuminated 
and  every  outside  balcony  and  fire  escape  shall  be  kept  well 
lighted  during  the  performance,  except  outside  exits  during  a 
performance  before  sunset. 

Plans  showing  the  exits  and  stairways  shall  be  legibly 
printed  so  as  to  occupy  a  full  page 'of  every  program  or  play 
bill. 

STAIRS. 

SECT.  100.  The  cut  of  the  stair  stringers  shall  not  exceed 
seven  and  one-half  inches  rise,  nor  be  less  than  ten  and  one- 
half  inches  tread. 

LANDINGS    OF    STAIRS. 

SECT.  101.  Every  landing  shall  be  at  least  four  feet  wide.  Construction 
"When  straight  stairs  return  directly  on  themselves,  a  landing 
of  the  full  width  of  both  flights,  without  any  steps,  shall  be 
provided.  The  outer  line  of  landings  shall  be  curved  to  a 
radius  of  not  less  than  two  feet  to  avoid  square  angles.  Stairs 
turning  at  an  angle  shall  have  a  proper  landing  without  win- 
ders introduced  at  the  turn.  No  door  shall  open  immediately 
upon  a  flight  of  stairs,  but  a  landing  at  least  two  feet  wider 
than  the  width  of  the  floor  opening  shall  be  provided  between 
such  stairs  and  such  door.  When  two  side  flights  connect 
with  one  main  flight,  no  winders  shall  be  introduced,  and  the 
width  of  the  main  flight  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  the  aggregate 
width  of  the  side  flights. 

HAND-RAILS. 

SECT.  102.  All  enclosed  stairways  shall  have,  on  both  sides, 
strong  hand-rails,  firmly  secured  to  the  wall,  about  three 
inches  distant  therefrom  and  about  three  feet  high  above  the 
stairs. 

All  stairways  eight  feet  and  over  in  width  shall  be  provided 
with  a  central  rail  of  metal  or  hardwood,  not  less  than  two 
inches  in  diameter,  placed  at  a  height  of  about  three  feet  above 
the  center  of  the  treads,  "supported  on  wrought  metal  or  brass 
standards  of  sufficient  strength,  securely  bolted  to  the  treads 
or  risers  of  the  stairs ;  and  at  the  head  of  each  flight  of  stairs, 
and  on  each  side  of  the  landing,  the  post  or  standard  shall  be 


114 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


at  least  six  feet  in  height,  and  the  rail  shall  be  secured  to 
the  post. 

MEASUREMENTS    FOR    WIDTH    OF    STAIRS. 

NO  winding  stairs.         SECT.  103.     The  width  of  all  stairs   shall  be  measured  in 
the  clear  between  the  hand-rails. 

Xo  winding  or  circular  stairs  shall  be  permitted. 


No  boiler  furnace. 


RADIATORS    FORBIDDEN    IN    PASSAGEWAYS. 

SECT.  104.  Xo  coil  or  radiator  or  floor  register  shall  be 
placed  in  any  aisle  or  passageway  used  as  an  exit ;  but  all  such 
coils  and  radiators  may  be  placed  in  recesses  formed  in  the 
wall  or  partition  to  receive  the  same. 

Xo  boiler  furnace,  engine  or  heating  apparatus,  except 
steam,  hot-water  or  hot-air  pipes  or  radiators,  shall  be  located 
under  the  auditorium  or  under  any  passage  or  stairway  or 
exit  of  any  theater. 


SPRINKLERS  AND  STANDPIPES. 

Position  of  pipes.  There  shall  be  at  least  two  two-inch  high-service  standpipes 
on  the  stage  of  every  theater,  with  ample  provision  of  hose 
nozzles  at  each  level  of  the  stage  on  each  side,  and  the  water 
shall  be  kept  turned  on  during  the  occupation  of  the  building 
by  an  audience.  The  said  pipes  shall  in  no  case  be  sealed, 
and  shall  have  two  gates,  one  above  the  other,  with  a  proper 
test  or  waste  valve ;  the  lower  gate  to  be  kept  open  at  all  times. 
The  proscenium  opening  of  every  theater  shall  be  provided 
with  a  two  and  one-half  inch  perforated  iron  pipe,  or  equiva- 
lent equipment  of  automatic  or  open  sprinklers,  so  constructed 
as  to  form,  when  in  operation,  a  complete  water  curtain  for 
the  whole  proscenium  opening,  and  there  shall  be  for  the  rest 
of  the  stage  a  complete  system  of  fire  apparatus  and  per- 
forated iron  pipes,  automatic  or  open  sprinklers.  Such  pipes 
or  sprinklers  shall  be  supplied  with  water  by  high-pressure 
service  and  shall  be  at  all  times  readv  for  use. 


Fireproof   con- 
struction. 


PLACES- OF  PUBLIC  A-SSEMP.LV. 

SECT.  105.  Every  building  hereafter  erected  as  a  place  of 
public  worship  or  with  a  hall  or  assembly  room  to  contain  an 
audience  of  more  than  a  thousand  persons,  shall  be  of  fire- 


<'n.\r.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  115 

proof  construction  throughout,  except  the  roof,  which  may  be 
of  second-class  construction. 

The  capacity  of  a  hall  or  assembly  room  shall  be  estimated  Capacity, 
on  the  basis  of  eight  square  feet  for  each  person. 

No  existing  building  shall  be  altered  to  contain  a  hall  or  Alterations, 
assembly  room  exceeding  the  foregoing  dimensions,  unless  the 
whole  building  as  altered  shall  conform  to  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

Every  hall,  auditorium  or  room  of  every  building  hereafter  ventilation, 
erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a  schoolhouse,  factory, 
theater  or  place  of  public  assembly  or  entertainment,  shall  have 
in  continuous  operation  while  occupied  a  system  of  ventilation 
so  contrived  as  to  provide  fifty  cubic  feet  per  minute  of  outer 
air  for  each  light  other  than  electric  light  and  for  each 
occupant. 

MOVING-PICTURE    SHOWS. 

SECT.  106.  All  moving-picture  shows  shall  be  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  chapter  176  and  of  chapter  437  of  the  acts 
of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  five,  and  of  any  amendments 
thereof  or  additions  thereto  now  or  hereafter  made. 

EXITS,  ETC. 

SECT.  107.  Every  building  hereafter  erected  containing  a 
hall  or  assembly  room  shall  conform  to  all  the  aforesaid  re- 
quirements as  to  exits,  stairways,  exit  lights,  aisles  and  seats 
which  apply  to  theaters,  subject  to  such  exceptions  as  the 
board  of  appeal  shall  approve. 

ROOF  GARDENS. 

SECT.     108.     Nothing   herein    contained'  shall   prevent   the  Fireproof 

r  materials. 

placing  of  a  roof  garden,  art  gallery  or  rooms  for  similar  pur- 
poses  above  a  theater,  provided  the  floor  of  the  same  forming 
the  roof  over  such  theater  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof 
materials,  and  shall  have  no  covering  boards  or  sleepers  of 
wood.  Every  roof  over  such  garden  or  other  rooms  shall 
have  all  supports  and  rafters  of  steel,  and,  if  covered,  shall 
be  covered  with  glass  or  fireproof  material,  or  both. 

EXITS   FROM    ROOF  GARDENS. 

SECT.  109.  Exits  from  roof  gardens  may  communicate 
with  stairs  leading  from  the  auditorium  of  the  theater,  but 


116 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


they  shall  be  at  least  four  in  number,  not  less  than  four  feet 
six  inches  wide,  and  distinct  and  separate  from  each  other 
from  roof  to  street. 


Construction. 


SUMMER  THEATERS. 

SECT.  no.  Summer  theatres,  if  built  without  the  building 
limits,  and  located  thirty  feet  distant  from  any  other  building 
or  structure  or  adjoining  lot  lines,  and  of  no  greater  seating 
capacity  than  seven  hundred  and  fifty  persons,  and  not  more 
than  one  story  high,  without  balconies  or  galleries,  may  be 
constructed  as  follows: 

The  auditorium  without  a  cellar  or  basement,  with  open 
sides  of  double  the  number  of  exits  as  hereinbefore  provided, 
opening  directly  into  the  surrounding  courts  or  gardens  at  the 
grade  level,  and  the  adjoining  dressing  rooms,  may  be  of 
wooden  construction,  but  the  stage  shall  be  enclosed  in  brick 
walls  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick,  or  shall  be  plastered  on 
metal  lathing  throughout ;  provided  that  the  openings  leading 
to  the  dressing  rooms  shall  be  provided  with  fire  doors. 

Otherwise,  all  protective  features  and  arrangements  shall 
comply  with  all  provisions  for  theaters. 


EXISTING  THEATERS. 

Alterations.  SECT.   in.     Alterations  of  existing  theaters  and  places  of 

public  assembly  shall  be  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the 
superintendent  shall  prescribe  in  each  case,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  for  new  structures. 


Repairs  of  leaka. 


Y  branches. 


Au-  pipes.. 


PLUMBING. 

DEFINITION  OF  TERMS. 

SECT.  .112.  The  following  terms  shall  have  the  meanings 
respectively  assigned  to  them : 

"Repair  of  leaks"  shall  mean  such  repairs  as  are  necessary 
to  protect  property,  but  do  not  involve  any  extensive  change 
of  construction. 

"Y  branches"  shall  mean  a  branch  at  sufficient  angle  to 
direct  the  flow  and  prevent  backing  up. 

"Air  pipes"  or  "back  air  pipes"  shall  mean  air  pipes  from 
traps  that  extend  toward  the  main  soil  pipe  or  the  outer  air 
and  connect  with  not  more  than  three  traps. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  117 


"Vent  pipes"  shall  mean  general  lines  of  back  air  pipes  con-  Vent 
necting  with  more  than  three  fixtures. 

"Drain"  shall  mean  that  part  of  the  drainage  system  of  a  Drain. 
building  extending  through  basement  or  cellar  to  sewer. 

"Soil  pipe"  shall  mean  that  part  of  the  drainage  system  of  Soil  pipe. 
a  building,  of  four  inches  or  more  internal  diameter,  between 
basement  or  cellar  and  the  highest  fixture  in  the  building. 

"Ventilation   pipe"    shall    mean   the   extension   of   the   soil  Ventilation  pipe. 
pipe  from  the  highest  fixture  to  and  through  the  roof. 

"Surface  drain"  shall  mean  a  connection  with  drain  in  the  Surface  drain. 
basement  to  allow  egress  of  surface  water  or  overflow. 

"Fixture"  shall  mean  any  receptacle  or  outlet  placed  for  the  Fixture. 
purpose  of   disposing  of  waste  water  or  other  matter,  and 
connecting  with  the  waste,  soil  or  drain  pipe  of  a  building. 

Except  as  otherwise  distinctly  provided,  sections  113  to  124 
inclusive  shall  apply  only  to  alterations  and  to  new  plumbing 
work. 

REGISTRATION. 

SECT.  113.  No  plumber  shall  engage  in  or  work  at  the  plumbers 
business  of  plumbing  unless  he  shall  have  first  registered  his 
name  and  place  of  business  in  the  office  'of  the  superintendent, 
and  no  person  shall  by  display  of  sign  or  plumbing  material, 
or  otherwise,  advertise  as  a  plumber  unless  he  shall  have  been 
registered  or  licensed  as  such.  Every  master  plumber  shall 
conspicuously  display  his  certificate  or  license  within  his  place 
of  business.  Notice  of  any  change  in  the  place  of  business  of 
a  registered  or  licensed  master  plumber  shall  be  immediately 
given  to  the  superintendent. 

NOTICES. 

SECT.  114.  Every  plumber,  before  doing  any  work  in  a  £SSS.tlon  f°r 
building,  shall,  except  in  the  case  of  repair  of  leaks,  file  at 
the  office  of  the  superintendent,  upon  blanks  for  that  purpose, 
an  application  for  a  permit,  and  if  required  by  the  superin- 
tendent a  plan  or  sketch  of  the  work  to  be  performed;  and 
no  such  work  shall  be  done  in  any  building  without  a  written 
permit  from  the  superintendent. 

CONNECTION   WITH   SEWER  OR  DRAIN. 

SECT.   115.     The  plumbing  of  every  building  shall  be  separ-  £UiYdiuin?  ln 
ately  and  independently  connected  outside  the  building  with 


118 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Pipes  or  other 
fixtures. 


Test   of   traps. 


Separate  trap. 


the  public  sewer,  if  such  sewer  is  provided,  or  with  a  proper 
and  sufficient  private  drain  or  sewer  laid  outside  of  the  build- 
ing, and  if  a  sewer  is  not  accessible,  with  a  proper  cesspool. 
Several  buildings  may  have  a  common  sewer  connection  if 
such  connection  is  approved  by  the  superintendent. 

INSPECTION    AND   TESTS. 

SECT.  1 1 6.  Pipes  or  other  fixtures  shall  not  be  covered  or 
concealed  from  view  until  approved  by  the  superintendent, 
who  shall  examine  or  test  the  same  within  two  working  days 
after  notice  that  they  are  ready  for  inspection. 

Plumbing  shall  not  be  used  unless,  when  roughed  in,  the 
wastes,  vents  and  back  air  pipes  and  traps  are  first  tested  by 
water  or  sufficient  air  pressure  in  the  presence  of  the  inspector, 
when  such  testing  is  practicable. 

SOIL   AND   WASTE    PIPES    AND   TRAPS. 

SECT.  117.  The  waste  pipe  of  every  independent  sink, 
basin,  bathtub,  water-closet,,  slop-hopper,  urinal  or  other  fix- 
ture shall  be  furnished  with  a  separate  trap,  which  shall  be 
placed  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  fixture  which  it  serves.  A 
sink  and  set  of  three  wash-trays  or  a  bathtub  and  a  basin, 
when  they  adjoin,  may  be  connected  to  the  house  drain  through 
one  five-inch  round  trap,  when  the  outlets  are  not  over  three 
feet  six  inches  apart.  The  outlet  from  each  fixture  shall  enter 
the  trap  separately.  Not  more  than  four  wash-bowls  or  sinks 
in  a  continuous  line  may  be  connected  to  the  house  drain 
through  one  five-inch  round  trap.  Two  water-closets  or  two 
other  traps  on  the  same  level  with  not  more  than  three  feet 
of  waste  pipe  connecting  with  the  soil  or  waste  pipe  not  more 
than  eighteen  inches  below  the  top  water  line  of  the  trap, 
shall  not  require  other  vent  than  the  continuation  of  the  soil 
or  waste  pipe  full  size  for  its  whole  length.  Lateral  branches 
of  soil  or  waste  pipe,  if  more  than  twenty  feet  in  length,  shall 
be  extended  through  the  roof  in  a  size  prescribed  for  the 
ventilation  of  the  attached  trap,  or  be  vented  into  a  main  vent 
line.  All  connections  on  lead  waste  and  back  air  pipes  and  of 
lead  pipes  to  brass  ferrules  and  soldering  nipples  shall  be  full 
size  wiped  soldered  branch,  round  or  flanged  joints.  Soil  and 
waste  pipes  shall  have  proper  T-Y  or  Y  branches  for  all 
fixture  connections.  No  connection  to  lead  bends  for  water- 
closets  or  slop-sinks  shall  be  permitted,  except  the  required 
back  air  pipe  where  a  continuous  vent  is  not  practicable. 


CHAP.  13.]  uuiLMi.vis.  119 

Earthenware  traps,  shall  have  heavy  brass  floor  plates  Earthenware  traps, 
soldered  to  the  lead  bends  and  bolted  to  the  trap  flange,  and 
the  joint  made  gas  tight  with  red  or  white  lead.  Rubber 
washers  for  floor  connections  shall  not  be  used.  Crown  vent- 
ing shall  not  be  used  except  where  continuous  venting  is  not 
practicable.  • 

HACK    AIR    PIPES,   VENTS,    ETC. 

Except  as  otherwise  provided,  traps  shall  be  protected  from  Protection  of 
siphonage  or  air  pressure  by  special  iron  or  brass  air  pipes 
of  a  size  not  less  than  the  waste  pipes  they  serve ;  back  air 
pipes  shall  not  be  connected  to  the  trap  or  branched  into  the 
waste  pipe,  except  where  a  continuous  vent  is  not  practicable, 
but  a  suitable  non-siphon  trap  may  be  used  without  a  back  air 
pipe  upon  the  approval  of  the  superintendent.  Back  air  pipes 
shall  enter  the  waste  pipe  within  eighteen  inches  from  the 
trap  and  shall  be  a  continuation  of  the  waste  pipe.  Lead  air 
pipes  may  be  used  only  for  short  connections,  where  they  are 
exposed  to  view.  Air  pipes  for  water-closet  traps  shall  be 
connected  to  the  highest  point  of  bend  or  trap,  and  may  be 
of  two-inch  bore  if  for  not  more  than  three  fixtures  and  less 
than  thirty  feet  in  length ;  if  for  more  than  three  fixtures  or 
more  than  thirty  feet  in  length,  they  shall  be  of  three-inch 
bore.  Air  pipes  shall  be  run  as  direct  as  practicable,  and  if 

one  and  one-half  inches  or  less  in  diameter,  shall  not  exceed  Connection  of 

p  i  p  6  s  j  or  c . 

thirty  feet  in  length.  Two  or  more  air  pipes  may  be  connected 
together  or  with  a  vent  pipe ;  but  in  every  such  case  the  con- 
nection shall  be  above  the  top  of  the  fixture.  The  trap  for  the 
upper  fixture  on  a  line  of  soil  or  waste  pipe,  if  within  five 
feet  of  the  stack  in  a  horizontal  line,  shall  not  require  a  special 
air  pipe,  unless  the  outlet  is  branched  into  a  stack  more  than 
eighteen  inches  below  the  top  water  line  of  the  trap.  Diame- 
ters of  vent  pipes  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  for  main 
vents  through  less  than  seven  stories ;  three  inches  for  water- 
closets  on  more  than  three  floors  and  for  other  fixtures  in 
more  than  seven  stories.  All  vent  pipes  shall  be  at  least  four 
inches  in  diameter  when  they  pass  through  the  roof.  Vent 
lines  shall  be  connected  at  the  bottom  with  a  soil  or  waste 
pipe  or  with  the  drain,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  accumu- 
lation of  rust  scale  and  properly  to  drip  the  water  of  condensa- 
tion. Offsets  shall  be  made  at  an  angle  of  not  less  than  forty- 
five  degrees.  Soil  pipes  or  iron  waste  pipes,  vents  and  back 


120 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Drainage. 


Connection    with 
vents,  etc. 


Water   supply 
from   tank. 


air  pipes  shall  be  supported  by  clamps  to  the  woodwork,  iron 
drive  hooks  to  brick  walls,  or  bolted  clamps  to  iron  girders. 

All  traps,  except  for  water-closets  not  provided  with  special 
air  pipes  shall  be  suitable  non-siphon  traps.  Round  traps  shall 
be  not  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter  and  eight  inches  long, 
and  made  of  eight-pound  lead.  All  trap  screws  shall  be  water- 
sealed. 

CHEMICAL  LABORATORIES. 

Fixtures  and  waste  pipes  in  chemical  laboratories  shall  be 
installed  in  accordance  with  plans  approved  by  the  superin- 
tendent. 

STABLES. 

The  drainage  of  stable  fixtures  shall  be  constructed  in 
accordance  with  plans  approved  by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  118.  In  buildings  where  a  series  of  bathrooms  or 
kitchens  are  located  directly  over  each  other  and  having  a 
common  soil  or  waste  pipe,  the  back  air  pipe  required  shall 
be  a  vent  line  connecting  with  each  outlet  branch  close  to  the 
water-closet  connection  or  outlet  from  the  sink  trap,  each 
branch  vent  to  connect  to  vent  line  above  the  top  of  the  highest 
fixture  on  each  floor,  the  vent  line  to  connect  to  main  vent 
line  above  the  top  of  the  highest  fixture  in  the  building. 

In  the  case  of  batteries  of  water-closets  or  other  fixtures 
the  special  air  pipe  from  each  trap  may  be  omitted,  provided 
the  soil  or  waste  pipe,  undiminished  in  size,  is  continued  to 
a  point  above  the  roof  or  revented  into  the  main  soil  pipe  sys- 
tem above  the  top  of  the  uppermost  fixture. 

BEFRIGERATOR  WASTES  AND  DRIP  PIPES. 

SECT.  119.  All  drip  or  overflow  pipes  shall  be  extended  to 
some  place  in  open  sight,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  such  pipe 
be  connected  directly  with  the  drain  pipe.  No  waste  pipe 
from  a  refrigerator  or  other  receptacle  in  which  provisions  are 
stored  shall  be  connected  directly  with  a  drain  or  other  waste 
pipe.  The  waste  pipes  from  all  other  fixtures  shall  be  con- 
nected directly  with  a  drain  pipe.  Refrigerator  wastes  con- 
necting with  two  or  more  stories  shall  be  supplied  with  a  trap 
on  the  branch  for  each  floor  and  extended  through  the  roof. 

WATER-CLOSETS,   ETC. 

SECT.  1 20.  Every  water-closet  or  line  of  water-closets 
shall  be  supplied  with  water  from  a  tank  or  cistern,  and  shall 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  121 

have  a  flushing  pipe  of   not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter 
inches  in  diameter. 


DIAMETERS    OF    WASTE    PIPES,    ETC. 

Dimensions. 

SECT.  121.  The  diameters  of  soil  and  waste  pipes  shall  be 
not  less  than  those  given  in  the  following  table : 

Inches. 

Soil  pipes    4 

Main  waste  pipes    2 

Main  waste  pipes  for  kitchen  sinks  on  five  or  more  floors  3 

Branch  waste  pipes  for  laundry  tubs   iJ/2 

Branch  waste  for  kitchen  sinks    1^2 

Branch  waste  for  urinals   1 1/2 

No  branch  waste  for  other  fixtures  shall  be  less  than.  . .  1*4 

Except  that,  with  the  approval  of  the  superintendent,  a 
three-inch  soil  pipe  may  be  used  for  dne  water-closet  where 
it  is  not  practicable  to  use  a  four-inch  pipe. 


FERRULES,    CLEAN-OUTS,    ETC. 

The  'screw  cap  shall  have  a  solid  square  or  hexagonal  nut, 
not  less  than  one-half  inch  high,  with  a  least  diameter  of  one 
and  one-half  inches.  The  bodies  of  brass  clean-out  ferrules 
shall  be  at  least  equal  in  weight  and  thickness  to  the  calking 
ferrule  for  the  same  size  of  pipe. 

LEAD    BENDS. 

Lead  bends  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  pounds  per  foot. 

BRASS  PIPE. 

Brass  pipe  for  soil,  waste,  vent  and  back  air  pipes  shall  be 
thoroughly  annealed,  seamless,  drawn  brass  tubing,  of  not  less 
than  No.  13  Stubbs  gauge. 

No  slip  joints  or  unions  shall  be  used  on  traps,  waste,  vents  connections  of 
or  back  air  pipes.    Threaded  connections  on  brass  pipe  shall  be  ll 
of  the  same  size  as  pipe  threads  for  the  same  size  of  pipe  and 
shall  be  tapered.     Connections  between  lead  and  iron  shall  be 
made  by  brass  sleeves  or  screw  nipples  wiped  to  the  lead  and 
calked  or  screwed  into  the  iron. 


122 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  13.] 


Materials. 


Weight  of  pipe. 


Joints, 


CAST-IRON    PIPES,    ETC. 

Cast-iron  pipes  shall  be  uncoated,  sound,  cylindrical  and 
smooth,  free  from  cracks  and  other  defects,  of  uniform  thick- 
ness and  of 'the  grade  known  to  commerce  as  "extra  heavy." 
If  buried  underground,  they  shall  be  coated  with  asphaltum 
or  red  lead. 

Pipe,  including  the  hub,  shall  weigh  not  less  than  the  fol- 
lowing average  weights  per  linear  foot : 

Weights  per  linear  foot. 
Diameters.  Pounds. 

Two   inches    5^2 

Three   inches    9^2 

Four  inches 13 

Five  inches 17 

Six    inches 20 

Seven  inches  (not  stock  size) 27 

Eight    inches    ' 33X5 

Ten  inches    45 

Twelve  inches    54 

All  joints  shall  be  made  with  picked  oakum  and  molten  lead 
run  full,  and  be  made  gas  tight.  No  cement  joints  nor  con- 
nections between  iron  and  cement  or  tile  pipe  or  brick  drains 
shall  be  made  within  any  building. 


WROUGHT-IRON   PIPE. 


Plumbers'  tubiug.  Fittings  on  wrought-iron  vent  or  back  air  pipes  shall  be 
cast-iron  threaded  fittings.  Fittings  for  "plumber's  tubing" 
shall  be  heavy  weight,  with  sharp  threads. 


Materials  used. 


Cast-iron   drains. 


DRAIN    PIPES,   ETC. 

SECT.  122.  Drain  and  connecting  ventilation  pipes,  vents 
and  back  air  pipes  shall  be  of  sufficient  size,  and  made  of 
extra  heavy  cast-iron  pipe  if  under  ground,  and  if  above 
ground  shall  be  made  of  extra  heavy  cast  iron,  galvanized 
wrought  iron  of  standard  weight,  or  brass  pipe  of  not  less  than 
No.  13  Stubbs  gauge  within  the  building,  except  that  lead 
pipes  may  be  used  for  short  connections  exposed  to  view ; 
provided  that  no  drain  pipe  shall  be  of  wrought  iron. 

Cast-iron  drains  shall  extend  not  less  than  ten  feet  from  the 
inside  face  of  the  wall,  bevond  and  awav  from  the  building. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  123 

Drain  pipes  above  ground  shall  be  secured  by  irons  to  ^^  ^otfnd 
walls,  suspended  from  floor  timbers  by  strong  iron  hangers, 
or  supported  on  brick  piers.  Proper  manholes  shall  be  sup- 
plied to  reach  cleanouts  and  traps.  Every  drain  pipe  shall 
have  a  fall  of  not  less  than  one-quarter  inch  per  foot,  and 
shall  be  extended  from  a  point  ten  feet  outside  the  inside 
face  of  the  wall,  unobstructed,  to  and  through  the  roof  undi- 
minished  in  size,  and  to  a  height  not  less  than  two  feet  above 
the  roof  and  not  less  than  one  foot  above  the  top  of  any 
window  within  fifteen  feet,  and  not  less  than  eight  feet  above 
the  roof  if  the  roof  is  used  for  drying  clothes  or  as  a  roof 
garden.  Every  drain  pipe  shall  be  provided  with  a  running 
trap  of  a  size  not  less  than  the  internal  diameter  of  the  drain 
with  heavy  brass  clean-out. 

Changes  in  direction  shall  be  made  with  curved  pipes,  and  Exposure  of 

.  .  drain    pipes. 

all  connections  with  horizontal  or  vertical  pipes  shall  be  made 
with  Y  branches.  Saddle  hubs  shall  not  be  used.  All  drain 
pipes  shall  be  exposed  to  sight  within  the  building,  if  such 
exposure  is  practicable,  and  shall  not  be  exposed  to  pressure 
where  they  pass  through  the  wall. 

STEAM    EXHAUSTS,   ETC. 

Xo  steam,  or  vapor,  or  water  of  a  temperature  over  one  Temperature, 
hundred  and  thirty  degrees  Fahrenheit  shall  be  discharged 
from  any  premises  into  any  sewer,  drain  or  catchbasin,  nor 
shall  any  matter  or  thing  be  discharged  into  any  sewer  which 
may  tend  to  cause  an  obstruction  of  the  public  sewer  or  a 
nuisance  or  a  deposit  therein  or  any  injury  thereto. 

All  high-pressure  steam  boilers  shall  be  connected  with   a  steam  boilers, 
blow-off  tank  of  a  capacity  not  less  than  thirty  per  cent,  of  the 
largest  boiler  connected  with  such  tank.     The  location  of  and 
the  connections  to  said  blow-off  tank  shall  be  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  superintendent. 

Xo  steam  exhaust  or  steam  drip,  unless  it  be  provided  with  steam  driP- 
a  cooling  tank  of  a  capacity  approved  by  the  superintendent 
or  unless  it  be  connected  with  the  blow-off  tank,  shall  connect 
with  any  drain  leading  to  the  sewer.  Every  blow-off  tank 
shall  be  supplied  with  a  vapor  pipe  not  less  than  two  inches 
in  diameter,  which  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof  and  above 
the  highest  windows  of  the  building. 

The  superintendent  may  require  such  additional  means  for  Method  of 

.  cooling   tanks, 

cooling  the  blow-off  tanks  by  the  injection  of  cold  water  or 

otherwise  as  may  be  necessary  to  reduce  the  temperature  of 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  12. 


the  water  passing  from  the  blow-off  tank  so  that  it  shall  not 
exceed  one  hundred  and  thirty  degrees  Fahrenheit. 


Grease   treps. 


Si/e  of  water 
pipe. 


SPECIAL  TRAPS,  ETC. 

SECT.  123.  Every  building  from  which  in  the  opinion  of 
the  superintendent  grease  may  be  discharged  in  such  quantity 
as  to  clog  or  injure  the  sewer,  shall  have  a  special  grease  trap, 
satisfactory  to  the  superintendent.  Every  building  in  which 
gasoline,  naphtha  or  other  inflammable  compounds  are  used 
for  business  purposes  shall  be  provided  with  a  special  trap,  sat- 
isfactory to  the  superintendent,  so  designed  as  to  prevent  the 
passage  of  such  material  into  the  sewer,  and  ventilated  with  a 
separate  pipe  rising  to  a  point  four  feet  above  the  roof.  The 
waste  pipe  of  every  washstand  for  vehicles  shall  be  provided 
with  a  sand  box  of  sufficient  capacity 

The  waste  pipe  from  the  sink  of  every  hotel,  eating-house 
restaurant  or  other  public  cooking  establishment  shall  be  con- 
nected to  a  grease  trap  of  sufficient  size,  easily  accessible  to 
open  and  clean,  placed  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  fixture  that 
it  serves. 


ROOF  LEADERS   AND   SURFACE  DRAINS. 

Drain  pipes.  SECT.   124.     Rain-water  leaders   shall  not  be  connected  to 

sewage  stack  at  any  point  above  the  basement  or  cellar  ceiling. 
Wherever  a  surface  drain  is  installed  in  a  cellar  or  basement, 
it  shall  be  provided  with  a  deep  seal  trap  and  back  water  valve. 
Drain  pipes  from  fixtures  in  cellars  and  basement  liable  to 
back  flow  from  a  sewer  shall  be  supplied  with  back  water 
valves. 


Approved   by 
gas  inspector. 


Laying   of  pipe. 


Outlets. 


GAS   FITTING  AND  GAS-FITTING  MATERIALS. 

SECT.  125.  No  pipe  or  fitting  shall  be  covered  or  concealed 
from  view  until  approved  by  one  of  the  gas  inspectors  of  the 
building  department,  or  for  twenty-four  hours  after  notice 
has  been  given  to  the  superintendent. 

No  pipe  shall  be  so  laid  as  to  support  any  weight  (except, 
fixtures),  or  be  subjected  to  any  strain. 

All  outlets  for  fixtures  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  superintendent;  all  outlets  not  covered  by 
fixtures  shall  be  left  capped,  and  the  number  of  burners  for 
each  outlet  shall  be  marked  on  the  builder's  plans. 


rii\r.  13.]  BUILDINC.S.  125 

Any  pipe  laid  in  a  cold  or  damp  place  shall  be  properly  Damp  places, 
dripped  and  protected. 

All  swing    brackets  shall  have  a  globe  or  guard  to  prevent  Brackets, 
its  burner  from  coming  in  contact  with  the  wall.     All  bracket 
outlets   shall   be   at  least  two  inches   from   window   or   door 
casings. 

Gas  or  combination  fixtures  in  all  public  buildings,  theaters  Approval  of 

i         1  1-      1     n        1     11   1  f  •    r        •  f  superintendent. 

and  public  halls  shall  be  made  safe  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
superintendent. 

All  stop-pins  to  keys  or  cocks  or  fixtures  shall  be  screwed  Screwed  in  place, 
into  place. 

The  use  of  gas  fitters'  cement  is  prohibited,  except  in  putting  Use  of  cement, 
fixtures  together. 

Gas  shall  not  be  let  on  in  any  building  until  the  work  per-  Connection  of 
formed   has   been    approved   by   the   superintendent.      Inside 
services  shall  be  tested  by  the  fitter  who  receives  the  permit  to 
connect  the  service  or  meter. 

There  shall  be  a  brass  straightway  valve  on  the  service  pipe  Valve, 
close  to  the  foundation  wall,  one  at  the  inlet  and  one  at  the 
outlet  side  of  each  meter.     Iron  valves  shall  not  be  used. 

There  shall  be  a  final  test,  by  a  gas  fitter,  of  all  fixtures  and  T«*ts  by  gas 
pipes  by  two  inches  of  mercury,  which  .must  stand  five  min- 
utes ;  this  test  is  to  be  made  in  the  presence  of  one  of  the  gas 
inspectors  of  the  building  department ;  the  gauge  to  be  made 
of  glass  tubing  of  uniform  interior  diameter,  and  so  con- 
structed that  both  surfaces  of  the  mercury  will  be  exposed. 

All  gas  pipe  shall  be  of  wrought  iron,  all  fittings  of  malle- 
able  iron,  and  all  meter  connections  of  lead  pipe  of  the  same 
size  as  the  fit  or  riser.  Galvanized  fittings  are  prohibited. 

Brass  solder  nipples  shall  be  used  on  all  meter  connections. 

No  riser  shall  be  left  more  than  five  feet  away  from  the 
front  foundation  wall. 

All  buildings  shall  be  piped  according  to  the  following  scale 
and  properly  fastened: 

Inches.  Feet.  Burners. 

Iron  pipe  ft  26  3                   Scale  of  pipings. 

Iron  pipe  V?  30  6 

Iron  pipe  ^4  5°  2O 

Iron  pipe  I  70  35 

Iron  pipe  i%  100  60 

Iron  pipe  iV2  150  100 

Iron  pipe  2  200  200 


126 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Service  pipes,  etc. 


Brass  tubing. 


Cast  fittings. 


Diameter  of 
outlets. 


Laying  of  pipes. 


Permits. 


Drops  or  outlets. 


Inches.  Feet.  Burners. 

Iron   pipe    2*/2  300          300 

Irop   pipe    3  450  450 

Iron    pipe    $l/2  500  600 

Iron   pipe    4  600  750 

All  outlets  and  risers  shall  be  left  capped  or  covered  with 
fixtures. 

All  service  pipes  in  cold  or  damp  places  shall  be  painted 
with  two  coats  of  red  lead  and  boiled  oil. 

Gas  outlets  for  burners  shall  not  be  placed  under  tanks, 
back  of  doors,  or  within  four  feet  of  any  meter. 

All  gas  burners  less  than  three  feet  from  ceiling  or  wood- 
work shall  be  protected  by  a  shield. 

All  brass  tubing  used  for  arms  or  stems  of  fixtures  shall 
be  at  least  No.  18  standard  gauge  and  full  size  outside  so  as 
to  cut  a  full  thread.  All  threads  on  brass  pipe  shall  screw  in 
at  least  5-16  of  an  inch.  All  rope  or  square  tubing  shall  be 
brazed  or  soldered  into  fittings  and  distributors,  or  have  a 
nipple  brazed  into  the  tubing. 

All  cast  fittings,  such  as  cocks,  swing  joints,  double  centers 
and  nozzles,  shall  be  standard  fittings,  except  for  factory  use, 
where  extra  heavy  or  mill  fittings  shall  be  used.  The  plugs 
of  all  cocks  must  be  ground  to  a  smooth  and  true  surface  for 
their  entire  length,  be  free  from  sand-holes,  have  not  less  than 
three-quarters  inch  bearing  on  all  cast  fittings,  and  eleven- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  on  all  turned  fittings,  have  two  flat  sides 
on  the  end  for  the  washer  and  have  two  nuts  instead  of  a  tail 
screw.  No  unions  to  be  used  when  concealed.  Only  right 
and  left  couplings  to  be  used. 

Outlets  for  gas  ranges  shall  have  a  diameter  not  less  than 
that  required  for  six  burners,  and  all  gas  ranges  and  heaters 
shall  have  a  straightway  valve  on  the  service  pipe. 

Pipes  in  buildings  shall  be  laid  above  timbers  instead  of 
beneath  them,  where  it  is  possible  to  do  so. 

No  second-hand  gas  pipe  shall  be  put  into  use  in  any  build- 
ing without  the  written  permit  of  the  superintendent. 

Drops  or  outlets  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  in 
diameter  shall  not  be  left  more  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch 
below  plastering  centerpiece  or  woodwork,  and  other  outlets 
shall  not  project  more  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  beyond 
plastering  or  woodwork. 


CHAP.  13.]  BUILDINGS.  127 

Fastening  boards   shall   not  be   cut   away  to   accommodate  Fastening, 
electric  wires.    All  outlets  shall  be  fastened. 

All  iron  pipes  used  for     piping  buildings,  all  arms  and  all  weight  of  iron 
items  of  fixtures  shall  be  of  the  kind  classed  as  standard  pipe 
and  shall  weigh  according  to  the  following  table: 

Size  (inches).  Pounds  per  foot. 

Iron  pipe  ft  .24 

Iron  pipe  54  -42 

Iron  pipe  Vs  .56 

Iron  pipe l/2  .85 

Iron  pipe  ^4  1.12 

Iron  pipe  I  1.67 

Iron  pipe  I J4  2.24 

Iron  pipe  il/2  2.68 

Iron  pipe  2  3.61 

Iron  pipe  2*/2  5.74 

Iron  pipe  3  7.54 

Iron  pipe  3^  9.00 

Iron  pipe  '. .4  10.66 

Xo  gas  pipe  shall  be  laid  in  cement,  unless  the  pipe  and 
channel  in  which  it  is  placed  are  covered  with  tar,  nor  within 
six  inches  of  an  electric  wire. 

"\Yherever  spark-lighting  or  self-lighting  burners  are  used, 
the  mercury  test  shall  be  applied  to  the  cocks. 

All  stems  of  fixtures  of  two  lights  or  more  each  shall  be 
not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  iron  pipe  size.  L-burner 
cocks  shall  not  be  used  at  the  end  of  chandelier  arms. 


HAZARDOUS    BUILDINGS    AXD   APPLIANCES    FOR 
POWER  AND  HEAT. 

SF.CT.  126.  Xo  building  shall  be  used  for  a  grain  elevator,  use  of  buildings 
or  for  the  storage  or  manufacture  of  high  combustibles  or 
explosives  or  for  chemical  or  rendering  works,  without  a  per- 
mit from  the  superintendent,  and  no  engine  or  boiler"  carrying 
a  pressure  of  over  fifteen  pounds  per  inch  shall  be  placed  in 
any  building  without  a  permit  from  the  superintendent.  Every 
application  for  such  permit  shall  be  in  writing,  shall  be  filed 
with  the  superintendent,  and  shall  set  forth  the  character  of 
the  building,  the  size,  power  and  purposes  of  the  apparatus, 
and  such  other  informations  as  the  superintendent  may  require. 


128 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Objections  filed. 


Conditions   for 
carrying    boilers. 


The  applicant  shall  publish  in  at  least  two  newspapers  pub- 
lished in  the  city  of  Cambridge  and,  if  so  directed  by  the 
superintendent,  shall  also  post  conspicuously  on  the  premises 
a  copy  of  the  application  and  shall  deliver  copies  thereof  to 
such  persons  as  the  superintendent  may  designate. 

If  no  objection  is  filed  with  the  superintendent  before  the 
expiration  of  ten  days  after  the  time  of  the  first  publication 
of  notice,  or  within  ten  days  of  the  delivery  and  first  posting 
of  the  notice  if  such  delivery  or  posting  is  required,  the  super- 
intendent shall,  if  the  arrangement,  location  and  construction 
of  the  proposed  apparatus  is  proper,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  issue  a  permit  for  the  same.  If 
objection  is  filed,  the  application  shall  be  referred  to  the  board 
of  appeal,  which  may,  in  its  discretion,  require  the  deposit  by 
the  objector  of  a  reasonable  sum  as  security  for  the  payment 
of  the  costs. 

After  such  notice  as  the  board  shall  order,  it  shall  hear  the 
same  and  shall  direct  the  superintendent  to  issue  a  permit, 
under  such  conditions  as  it  may  prescribe,  or  to  withhold  the 
same.  If  the  permit  is  refused,  the  applicant,  and  if  it  is 
granted,  the  objectors,  shall  pay  such  costs  as  the  board  may 
order. 

The  superintendent  shall  from  time  to  time,  after  public 
notice  and  hearing,  prescribe  conditions  on  which  any  or  all 
boilers  carrying  a  pressure  of  over  fifteen  pounds  per  inch 
may  be  maintained  in  buildings,  and,  if  any  person  interested 
objects  to  such  conditions  and  appeals  from  his  decision  estab- 
lishing the  same,  the  appeal  shall  be  referred  to  the  board  of 
appeal  and  thereupon  said  board  shall  prescribe  the  conditions. 


No  building  used 
for   habitation 
shall  be  place  for 
storage. 


COMBUSTIBLE  MATERIALS. 

SECT.  127.  No  building  in  actual  use  for  habitation,  nor 
any  part  thereof,  nor  the  lot  upon  wrhich  it  is  situated,  shall 
be  used  as  a  place  for  storage,  keeping  or  handling  of  any  com- 
bustible article,  nor  as  a  place  for  the  storage,  keeping  or 
handling  of  any  article  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life  or 
health,  nor  for  the  storage,  keeping  or  handling  of  feed,  hay, 
strawr,  excelsior,  cotton,  paper  stock,  feathers  or  rags,  except 
under  such  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  chief  of 
the  fire  department. 

SECT.   128.     Any  notice  required  by  this  ordinance  shall  be 


CHAP.  13.]  IH'ILDINGS.  129 

sufficient  if  mailed  postage  prepaid  to  the  address  of  the  inter- 
ested party  or  parties  given  in  the  application  filed  by  them, 
or  subsequently  changed  by  notice  in  writing  to  the  superin- 
tendent. 

REPEALS. 

SECT.   129.     So  much  of  any  other  act  or  ordinance  of  the  Repeal. 
city    of    Cambridge    as    is    inconsistent    herewith    is    hereby 
repealed. 

SECT.   130.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  the  first  In  effect- 
day  of  March,  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight. 


130 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


CHAPTER  14.- 


City 
electrician. 


Duties. 

1890,   c.   404,   §  3. 

1889,   c.   398. 


Inspection  of 
wires,  attach- 
ments, etc. 


Affixing  of  tags, 
marks,   etc. 
1899,   c.   320. 


1889,  c.   398. 

1890,  c.  404,  §  3. 


CITY    ELECTRICAL    DEPARTMENT. 

SECTION  i.  The  city  electrical  department  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  electrician  shall  have  supervision  of 
every  wire  over,  upon,  through  or  under  all  streets  and  over 
buildings  throughout  the  city;  every  wire  within  a  building 
when  such  wire  is  designed  to  carry  an  electric  light  or 
power  current;  also  of  wires  for  the  transmission  of  elec- 
tricity for  the  purpose  of  heating  or  power;  of  all  poles,  con- 
duits and  other  structures  holding,  supporting  or  containing 
such  wires  in  streets  and  public  places,  except  parks,  com- 
mons, bridges  or  other  public  reservations.  He  shall  in- 
spect the  condition  of  all  poles,  wires,  conduits  and  cables, 
their  attachments,  insulations,  supports  and  appliances. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall  require  every  person  or  corporation 
using,  operating,  or  maintaining  such  fixtures  to  affix  at  the 
points  of  support,  or  to  a  suitable  cross-arm  at  or  to  which 
any  such  wires  or  cables  containing  wrires  are  attached,  a 
tag  or  mark  distinctly  designating  the  owner  or  user  of  such 
poles,  wires  or  cables  except  that  any  such  tag  or  mark  shall 
not  be  required  for  the  poles,  wires  or  cables  of  a  street 
railway  company  used  for  the  transmission  of  its  motive 
power,  nor  used  for  the  protection  or  support  of  such  wires. 
Whenever  any  such  poles,  structures,  attachments,  insula- 
tions, supports  or  appliances  are  unsuitable  or  unsafe,  or 
the  tags  or  marks  thereof  are  insufficient  or  illegible,  he 
shall  order  any  such  person  or  corporation  owning  or  oper- 
ating the  same  to  replace  them  with  suitable  and  safe  poles 
structures,  attachments,  insulations,  supports  or  appliances ; 
to  repair  or  remove  any  wire  abandoned  for  use :  every 
wire  which  shall  be  unprovided  with  a  tag  or  mark,  and 
every  post,  structure  or  other  appliance  not  so  provided ; 
and  if  not  replaced,  repaired  or  removed  forthwith,  he  shall 
thereupon  proceed  to  replace,  remove  or  repair  the  same  at 
the  expense  of  the  owner  thereof. 

SECT.  4.  He  shall  require  every  person  or  corporation 
owning  or  operating  a  line  of  wires  over,  upon,  through  or 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY    KLKCTRICAL    DEPARTMENT.  131 

under   any   streets   or  over   any  buildings  throughout   the 

citv,   to  use  only   such  wires  as  are   suitable  and   strong ;   ^'in-s  to  be  suit- 

0      able   :m<l   strong. 
shall  require  such  wires  to  be  suitably  and  safely  attached  isoo,  c.  404,  §  i,  3. 

to  strong  and  sufficient  poles  properly  painted  and  insu- 
lated at  all  points  of  attachment;  and  when  a  wire  enters  a 
building,  and  if  such  wire  is  other  than  a  wire  designed  to 
carry  ,an  electric  light  or  power  current,  shall  cause,  to  be 
attached  to  it  at  suitable  and  convenient  points  in-  the  cir-  1890«  c-  404»  §  i- 
cuit  calculating  to  prevent  danger  from  fire,  and  near  the 
place  of  entering  a  building,  an  appliance  calculated  to 
prevent  at  all  times  a  current  of  electricity  of  such  intensity 
or  volume  as  to  be  capable  of  injuring  electrical  instruments 
or  causing  fire  to  enter  the  building  by  means  of  such  wire, 
beyond  the  point  at  which  such  appliance  is  attached,  and 
shall  cause  to  be  suitably  insulated  every  wire  within  a' 
building  when  such  wire  is  designed  to  carry  an  electric 
light  or  power  current. 
SECT.  5.  In  case  of  fire,  or  whenever  the  maintenance  of  Electric  current 

TO    uC    shut     Off. 

any  wire  or  wires  may  be  a  menace  to  life  or  property,  he 
shall  have  authority  to  direct  any  corporation  or  person 
owning,  leasing,  operating  or  maintaining  any  wire  or 

.      •  ,  n.     -          ,  1  r  <•  Wires   to    be   cut 

wires,  to  shut  off  the  electric  current  therefrom  for  such  a   in  case  of  are,  etc. 
period  of  time  as  he  may  deem  to  be  necessary,  or  to  cause 
said  wire  or  wires  to  be  cut  or  removed   without  notice, 
and  such  wire  or  wires  shall  not  be  connected  again  or  re- 
placed without  his  approval. 

SECT.  6.     He   shall   inspect  the   construction,   location   and  wires  in  buiid- 

1  .  nigs  in  process  of 

insulation  of  wires  designed  to  carry  electric  light,  heat  or  construction, 
power  current  in  buildings  in  process  of  construction  or  re- 
pair within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  the  connection  of  said 
wires  with  any  electrical  circuit.    He  shall  see  that  all  laws, 
orders,   ordinances   and   regulations   relative   to   wires   and   f:"*°rc£™ent  of 
conduits,  and  pole  or  conduit  locations,  are  strictly  enforced. 

SECT.  7.  He  shall  have  supervision  of  the  fire  alarm  tele-  ^unldp^'sy stems, 
graph,  the  police  signal  system,  and  all  other  electrical 
wires  and  wire  systems  now  or  hereafter  owned  by  the  city, 
except  in  public  parks,  bridges  or  other  public  reservations. 
He  shall  purchase  wires,  apparatus  and  machinery  and  all 
property  and  appliances  connected  with  the  fire  alarm,  po- 
lice signal  and  lamp  systems,  which  may  be  under  his 
care  and  control,  shall  keep  the  same  at  all  times  in  good 
working  order,  and  shall  erect,  or  cause  to  be  erected,  all 
electrical  wires  and  appliances  used  in  connection  with  said 


132 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


Street    lamps. 


Contract  for 
lighting,    etc. 


Annual    report. 


Electric   meters. 


Examinations 
and  tes^s. 


Placing,   insula- 
tion, etc.,  of 
wires. 


several  systems  and  all  electrical  wires  or  lines  owned  by 
the  city,  except  such  wires  or  lines  as  may  be  under  the 
care  of  the  bridge,  park  or  water  works  departments. 

SECT.  8.  He  shall  have  the  care  and  oversight  of  all  street 
lamps  and  the  fixtures  thereof  throughout  the  city,  and  the 
erection  of  posts,  lamps  and  fixtures  connected  and  used 
with  the  same,  except  such  lamps  as  may  be  located  on 
bridges  or  in  parks  or  other  public  reservations ;  shall  con- 
tract for  all  materials,  superintend  the  putting  up  of  all 
posts,  lamps  and  fixtures  located  by  the  city  council ;  shall 
contract  for  all  lights  under  his  control;  shall  keep  an  ac- 
curate account  of  the  number  of  lamps  which  burn  gas,  or 
other  material,  the  cost  of  same,  the  number  of  men  em- 
ployed, the  wrages  given,  the  kind,  quality  and  cost  of  fix- 
tures, the  number  of  electric  lights  and  the  cost  and  the 
outages  of  the  same,  and  all  other  expenses  incurred  in  his 
department.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber, present  to  the  city  council  a  report  showing  the  de- 
tailed expenses,  the  value  of  the  property  on  hand,  the  num- 
ber, kind,  quality  and  cost  of  lights  used  by  the  city,  the 
outages  of  the  same,  and  such  other  material  facts  as  relate 
to  the  operation  of  his  department. 

SECT.  9.  He  shall  see  that  all  meters  for  gas  or  electricity 
furnished  to  the  city,  other  than  to  the  bridge,  park  and 
water  works  departments,  are  in  proper  condition,  and  as 
often  as  may  be  necessary  shall  test  the  powrer  of  all  lights 
furnished  to  the  city,  except  to  said  bridge,  park  or  water 
works  departments;  and  shall  see  to  it  that  in  all  particu- 
lars, the  provisions  of  any  contracts  made  are  strictly  per- 
formed. 

He  shall  make  such  examinations  and  tests,  impart  such 
information,  and  render  such  assistance  as  may  be  in  his 
power  to  the  bridge,  park  and  water  works  departments 
whenever  requested  by  said  departments. 

SECT.  10.  All  wires,  appliances  and  apparatus  in  the 
interior  of  buildings  or  on  private  premises  which  are  in- 
tended for  the  transmission  of  electricity  and  whether  or 
not  connected  with  an  outside  circuit  shall  be  properly  and 
safely  constructed,  placed,  arranged,  attached,  insulated, 
covered,  changed  and  maintained  by  the  person  or  corpora- 
tion using  the  same.  Such  person  or  corporation  shall 
allow  the  city  electrician  at  all  reasonable  times  free  access 
to  such  wires,  appliances  and  apparatus,  and  shall  notify 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY    ELECTRICAL    DEPARTMENT.  133 

said  city  electrician  of  any  intention  to  construct,  place, 
arrange,  attach,  insulate,  change  or  maintain  any  such 
wires,  appliances,  and  apparatus  before  they  are  covered 
or  enclosed,  or  connected  with  any  outside  circuit. 

SECT.  ii.  Every  person  or  corporation  owning,  operating  SSwf'efi!  *WH" 
or  leasing  any  poles,  wires,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  elec- 
trical structures  or  appliances  within  the  public  ways  of 
the  city  of  Cambridge  shall  comply  with  all  rules  and  re- 
quirements of  the  board  of  aldermen  with  respect  to  the 
quality  of  poles,  wires,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  struc- 
tures and  other  .appliances  and  with  all  rules  and  require- 
ments of  said  board  with  respect  to  their  installation,  re- 
moval and  repair,  and  shall,  at  all  reasonable  times,  give 
to  the  city  electrician  .access  to  such  poles,  wires,  ducts, 
conduits,  manholes,  structures,  appliances  and  apparatus. 
No  line  or  wire1  excepting  supporting  wires  for  cables  and  wireshtoepoies. 
ring  construction  shall  be  attached  to  any  pole  by  means 
of  brackets  or  other  side  fixtures,  nor  shall  the  wires  or 
lines  of  more  than  one  party  be  placed  on  the  same 
cross-arm. 

Xo   corporation   or   persons    maintaining  or   operating   a   Additional 
wire   or  line   of   wires   for   the   transmission   of   electricity   A 
shall  affix  to  or  place  upon  any  pole,  structure,  or  fixture 
owned   by   it   or   them   and   now   erected   or   that   may   be 
erected  hereafter,  any  additional  wire  or  wires,  except  upon 
a  written  permission  of  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.   12.     Xo    person    or   'corporation    shall    permit    any    unused  wire, 
unused  piece  of  coil  or  loose  end  of  wire  to  be  left  on  the 
surface  of  any  public  way  or  sidewalk,  or  attached  to  any 
cross-arm,  pole  or  other  structure. 

SECT.  13..  Whenever  the  city  electrician  shall  request,  any 
person  or  corporation  operating  electric  or  other  wires, 
poles,  ducts,  conduits  or  manholes  upon,  over,  through  or 
under  any  public  way  or  over  any  building,  shall,  within 
fifteen  days,  furnish  a  plan,  showing  the  number  and  loca- 
tion of  its  poles,  the  cross-arms  on  each,  the  number  of 
wires  or  cables  thereto  attached,  or  contained  therein,  the 
particular  locations  of  all  its  ducts,  conduits  and  manholes, 
and  the  usage  to  which  the  respective  ducts  in  said  con- 
duits are,  and  hereafter  may  be  put,  with  specifications  of 
the  average  volts  charged  and  current  used,  the  tested 
strength,  the  kind  and  number  of  lamps  or  motors  con- 

Oft     '24.    1007. 


134 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


Signal   boxes. 
1888,  c.  291,  §  1. 


Placards    and 
bills. 

No   poles,   con- 
duits, etc., 
without    order 
of  board   of 
aldermen. 
P.  S.  c.   109. 


No  wires  to  be 
attached    without 
order. 


Acceptance   of 
locations  to  be 
filed. 


nected  with  any  electrical  circuit,  and  other  electrical  ap- 
pliances, and,  in  general,  the  method  of  installation,  oper- 
ation, maintenance  and  repair.  Said  plan  shall  be  in  form 
and  size  agreeable  to  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  except  a  police  officer,  fireman,  or 
employee  in  the  city  electrical  department  in  the  discharge 
of  his  duties,  shall  open,  attempt  to  open,  or  cause  to  be 
opened  any  of  the  police  or  fire  alarm  signal  boxes,  except 
in  case  of  fire ;  no  person  shall  interfere,  tamper,  or  med- 
dle with,  break,  cut,  injure  or  deface  any  such  boxes,  any 
part  or  parts  thereof,  or  anything  connected  therewith ;  and 
no  person  shall  put  any  bill  or  placard  upon  such  signal 
box,  pole  or  structure. 

SECT.  15.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  construct,  erect, 
lay  or  maintain  in  any  public  way,  any  pole,  duct,  conduit, 
manhole  or  other  structure  to  support  or  contain  wires  or 
lines  for  the  transmission  of  intelligence  by  electricity  or 
otherwise  or  for  the  purposes  of  light,  heat  and  power,  ex- 
cept by  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen  previously  obtained, 
in  which  the  exact  location  of  each  shall  be  duly  set  forth. 

SECT.  1 6.  No  wire,  line  or  apparatus  used  for  the  trans- 
mission of  electricity  for  any  purpose  shall  be  attached  by 
cross-arms  or  otherwise  to  any  tree  in  any  public  way,  ex- 
cept by  consent  in  writing  of  the  board  of  park  commis- 
sioners previously  obtained,  nor  shall  any  such  wire,  line 
or  apparatus  be  attached  as  aforesaid  to  any  public  build- 
ing, structure,  or  fixture  of  any  kind,  in  any  public  way 
or  grounds,  except  in  public  parks,  bridges  and  other  public 
reservations  except  by  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen  pre 
viously  obtained,  in  which  order  such  building,  structure  or 
fixture  shall  be  duly  described ;  provided,  however,  that  the 
aforesaid  regulation  shall  not  apply  to  wires,  lines  or  appa- 
ratus owned  or  used  by  the  city. 

SECT.  17.  Whenever  permission  shall  be  granted  by  the 
board  of  aldermen  to  erect  and  maintain  poles,  or  to  con- 
struct and  maintain  ducts,  conduits,  manholes  or  other  fix- 
tures in  the  public  ways  to  support,  hold,  or  contain  lines 
or  wires  for  the  transmissian  of  electricity,  the  party  to 
whom  such  permission  is  granted  shall,  within  thirty  days 
from  the  date  of  the  order  granting  such  permission,  file 
in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a  written  acceptance  without 
reservation  of  the  location  of  such  poles,  ducts,  conduits, 
manholes  or  other  fixtures  and  of  all  the  conditions,  terms 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY    ELECTRICAL    DKI'AIM M  K.VJ  .  135 

and  provisions  contained  in  the  order  and  the  ordinances 
of  the  city  and  future  amendments  thereof,  and  agreeing 
to  carry  out,  observe,  perform  and  be  subject  to  the  same; 
and  in  default  of  such  written  acceptance  and  agreement, 
the  permission  and  grant  of  location  shall  be  void.  Such  ^?kPletlon  of 
grant  and  permission  shall  likewise  be  void  and  deemed  p-  s-»  109>  §  3- 
revoked  unless  within  six  months  after  the  date  of  the 
order  the  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes  and  other  fix- 
tures shall,  have  been  erected  or  constructed  and  com- 
pleted; and,  unless  within  six  months  after  such  comple- 
tion, the  electric  lines  shall  be  constructed  and  put  in  oper- 
ation. Whenever  the  operation  of  the  electric  lines  upon 
or  in  any  location  granted  shall  be  discontinued  for  six 
months,  the  grant  shall  cease  and  be  of  no  further  effect. 

SECT.  1 8.  All  poles  in  sidewalks  shall  be  set  upon  the  outer  J^gf1™  side- 
edge  thereof,  and,  wherever  there  are  curbstones,  placed  walks- 
within  four  inches  of  the  inner  edge  of  the  curbstones. 
Poles  for  telegraph,  telephone,  and  electric  light  lines  shall 
be  of  hard  pine,  square  at  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and 
planed  and  chamfered,1  or  round  chestnut  poles — straight, 
smooth  shaven,  free  from  blemishes,  and  painted  and  of 
such  quality  of  material  and  construction  as  the  board  of 
aldermen  in  each  case,  and  permits  given  therefor,  shall 
determine.  Before  any  poles  are  set  or  reset,  or  any  per- 
mit? given  therefor,  they  must  be  inspected  and  approved 
by  the  superintendent  of  streets  and  the  city  electrician. 
The  person  or  persons  to  whom  permits  are  granted  shall 
keep  the  poles  painted  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  elec- 
trician. Poles  for  support  of  trolley,  guard,  span  or  feed 
wires  of  the  street  railway  system  shall  be  cyclindrical  iron 
poles,  unless  ordered  by  the  board  of  aldermen.  Poles 
for  support  of  trolley,  guard,  span  or  feed  wires  of  the 
street  railway  system  shall  be  cylindrical  iron  poles,  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  19.  All  permissions  granted  by  the  board  of  alder-  Revocation  of 
men  to  erect  and  maintain  poles,  or  to  construct  ducts,  con- 
duits, manholes  or  other  fixtures  for  electrical  lines,  in  the 
public  ways,  may  at  any  time  be  revoked  by  the  board  of 
aldermen,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  and  the  said  board 
may  order  the  removal  of  such  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  man- 
holes, fixtures,  wires  and  lines  as  it  may  deem  necessary : 
and  whenever  any  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  rtx- 

:  Amended    June   28.    1906. 


136 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAi'.  14. 


No    \vin-s   to    !•(• 
•nt  ached    with- 
out order  of 
board    of  alder- 
men. 
1884,  c.  302,  §  1. 


Petition    for    loca- 
tion  of  poles,  etc. 


Hearings   to    be 
given. 


Notice    to 
served. 


be 


Locations   to   be 
when. 


Expense  of 

such   change. 


Wires  to   be  put 
in    aerial   cable, 

\VllCII. 


tures,  lines  and  wires  are  so  ordered  to  be  removed,  such 
removal  shall  be  done  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the  owner, 
in  conformity  with  the  order,  within  thirty  days  after  no- 
tice, and,  if  not  so  removed,  the  board  of  aldermen  may 
•cause  the  removal  to  be  done  and  the  expense  thereof  to 
be  repaid  to  the  city  by  the  owner. 

SECT.  20.  Xo  person  or  corporation  shall  attach  any  wire 
or  line  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  for  any  purpose, 
except  the  lines  and  wires  owned  or  u-ed  by  the  city,  to 
any  pole  already  erected  for  the  use  of  another  corporation 
or  person,  except  by  consent  of  the  owner  and  the  order  of 
the  board  of  aldermen  previously  obtained,  in  which  order 
such  pole  shall  be  duly  described. 

SECT.  21.  To  all  poles  erected  and  maintained  by  any  per- 
son or  corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 
the  city  may  at  any  time  attach  wires  for  -ts  own  u^e. 

SECT.  22.  All  petitions  presented  to  the  board  of  aldermen 
for  permission  to  erect  poles  to  support  wires  or  lines  or 
to  construct  conduits  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  for 
any  purpose,  shall  be  accompanied  with,  or  contain  a  state- 
ment of,  the  exact  location  of  each  pole  proposed  to  be 
erected,  or  conduit  to  be  constructed,  and  shall  be  accom- 
panied with  duplicate  plans  showing  said  locations,  said 
plans  to  be  in  form  and  size  agreeable  to  the  city  clerk.  A 
hearing  upon  every  such  petition  shall  be  given  to  all  parties 
interested.  Notice  of  the  filing  of  every  such  petition,  and 
of  the  hearing  thereon,  shall  be  given  by  the  petitioner  or 
petitioners,  to  owners  or  occupants  of  the  land  along  the 
public  ways  upon  which  locations  are  prayed  for,  which 
notice  shall  state  briefly  the  public  ways  or  the  parts 
thereof  to  which  such  petition  relates. 

SECT.  23.  The  location  of  all  poles,  ducts,  conduits  or 
manholes  erected  or  used  by  permission  of  the  board  of 
aldermen,  to  support  or  contain  wires  and  lines  for  the 
transmission  of  electricity,  shall  be  changed  and  altered 
whenever  deemed  necessary  by  said  board  by  the  owner  or 
person  using  the  same  at  his  expense  without  any  unnec- 
essary delay,  and  if  not  so  changed  or  altered,  it  shall  be 
done  by  the  city  electrician  at  the  expense  of  said  owner 
or  person. 

SECT.  24.  Whenever  the  board  of  aldermen  shall  deem 
it  proper,  all  persons  or  corporations,  mentioned  in  -ection 
II  of  this  ordinance,  shall  gather  and  place  in  aerial  cable. 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY    KLKCTRICAL    DEPARTMENT.  137 

lines  and  wires  to  the  number  of  fifty  or  more  in  any  pub- 
lic way,  within  such  time,  at  such  height  and  in  such  man- 
ner as  said  board  may  designate. 

SKIT.  2^.     Xo  public   way  or  bridge  shall   be  torn  up  or  streets,  etc.,  not 

......  '  .  .  to    be   torn    up 

disturbed  tor  the  purpose  ot  laying,  repairing,  changing  or  without  a  license. 

removing    lines,    wires,    ducts,    conduits    or    manholes,    or 

erecting,  altering  or  removing  poles  or  other  fixtures  used 

for  carrying  electric  lines  or  wires,  without  a  license  first 

obtained  therefor.      Xo   formal   license   shall   be   necessary 

to  sanction  the  temporary  removal  of  covers  to  manholes 

for  the  purpose  of  removing  or  repairing  lines,  wires  and 

cables.     Whenever  a  manhole  is  opened,  the  person  or  cor- 

poration by  whose  authority  the  same  is  done  shall  place 

a   suitable  metallic  guard  rail  around  the  opening,  with  a 

signal  flag,  at  least  one  foot  square,  displayed  therefrom. 

\Yhenever  any  opening  or  disturbance   is   made   in   any   streets,  etc.,   to 
...  i  "  •  1         r  b*   restored    after 

public  way  or  bridge  tor  any  purpose,  such  public  way  or  opening,  etc. 

bridge  shall  be  promptly  restored  by  the  person  or  corpo- 
ration owning  or  operating  the  lines,  wires,  ducts,  con- 
duits. or  manholes,  or  making  such  repairs,  to  a  condition 
satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  oi  streets,  and  shall  be 
kept  and  maintained  in  such  condition  by  such  person  or 
corporation  for  two  years  thereafter;  and,  if  not  imme- 
diately so  restored,  kept  and  maintained,  the  same  may  be 
done  by  the  city  at  the  expense  of  such  person  or 
corporation. 

r.  26.     \Yhenever  the  citv  shall  construct,  enlarge,  relo-  wires  and  con- 

duits to  be  re- 
cate,   repair,   or   alter  the    streets,   sewers,    water   pipes   or  moved,  when. 

other  public  works,  in  streets,  ways  and  bridges  where  con- 
duits and  wires  are  laid,  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  board 
of  aldermen  may  require  the  removing  or  changing  the 
location  of  said  conduits  and  the  fixtures  appertaining 
thereto,  or  the  repairing  thereof,  said  removing,  changing 
and  repair  shall  be  done  without  delay  at  the  expense  of 
the  person  or  corporation  owning  or  operating  the  same. 

SECT.  27.     \Yhenever  underground  conduits  have  once  been  Not  to  be  ro- 

.....  .  .         moved,   etc.,   with- 

laid  in  the  streets  and  ways  ot  the  city,  they  shall  not  be  out  permission. 
removed,   relocated   or   changed,   without   permission    from 
the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  28.     In  all  underground  conduits  and  manholes  suffi-  city  to  have 

<l>;i.'t'    iu    miiler- 

cient    and    necessary    space    shall   be   reserved,    free    •  »f    ex-    Around  conduits. 


se,   i'<>r   wires  belonging  to  or  to  be  used  by  the  city. 
and   said   conduits   shall   at   all   times   be   accessible   t»>   the 


138 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


Bond  to   be  given. 


Condition    of 
bond. 


New  bond   may 
be  required. 


Use  of  poles, 
etc.,  by  other 
corporations. 


Penalty. 


Continuation 
of   previously 
existing 
ordinances. 


city  for  the  purpose  of  putting  in,  taking  out  and  repairing 
its  wires. 

SECT.  29.  Every  person  or  corporation  constructing,  main- 
taining or  operating  a  telegraphic,  telephonic,  or  other  elec- 
trical line  in  the  city,  shall  execute  a  bond,  with  satisfac- 
tory surety,  in  .a  penal  sum  of  not  less  than  ten  thousand 
dollars,  and  of  form  satisfactory  to  the  city  solicitor,  condi- 
tioned to  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  against  all 
damages,  costs,  expenses  and  losses  whatsoever,  to  which 
it  may  be  subjected  in  consequence  of  the  acts  and  neglects 
of  such  person  and  corporation,  their  agents,  officers  and 
servants,  and  any  and  all  persons  acting  by,  through,  or 
under  such  person  or  corporation,  and  in  any  manner  aris- 
ing from,  or  growing  out  of  the  use  and  transmission  of 
electricity,  the  privileges  permitted  by  the  city,  and  the 
construction,  maintenance,  operation,  and  use  of  lines, 
wires,  cables,  conduits,  poles,  structures,  constructions, 
fixtures  and  apparatus;  and  also,  to  fulfil  all  their  agree- 
ments with  the  city,  all  the  orders,  conditions  and  obliga- 
tions imposed  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  all  obligations 
and  duties  required  by  law,  and  by  this  chapter  .and  every 
other  ordinance,  and  all  additions  and  amendments  re- 
lating thereto. 

A  new  bond  of  like  import,  and  with  new  surety,  may  at 
any  time  be  required  by  the  city,  which  new  bond  shall  be 
a  strengthening  bond,  unless  the  surety  on  former  bonds 
is  expressly  released  from  further  liability  by  vote"  of  the 
board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  30.  All  locations  hereafter  granted  shall  be  subject 
to  the  condition  that  any  person  or  corporation  to  whom 
locations  shall  be  granted,  shall  give  any  other  person  or 
corporation  permission  to  use  its  poles,  ducts,  conduits, 
manholes  or  other  electrical  appliances  or  apparatus  when- 
ever ordered  so  to  do  by  the  board  of  aldermen  on  payment 
of  a  reasonable  rental. 

SECT.  31.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  any  per- 
son violating  any  provision  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  eacli  and 
every  offence. 

SECT.  32.  This  ordinance,  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the 
same  in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances, 
shall  be  construed  as  a  continuation  of  those  ordinances : 
it  shall  not  affect  any  .act  done,  any  right  accruing,  any 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY   ELECTRICAL.  DEPARTMENT.  139 

penalty  incurred  or  any  suit,  prosecution,  or  proceeding 
pending.  Subject  to  the  aforesaid  limitations,  chapters  14 
and  16  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  all  ordinances 
amendatory  thereof,  .and  supplementary  thereto,  are  hereby 
repealed. 
Provided,  however,  that  the  tenure  of  office  of  the  inspector  Tenure  of  office 

of  inspector  of 

of  wires  and  of  the  superintendent  of  lamps  shall  continue  wires, 
until  the  appointment  and  confirmation  of  the  city  electri- 
cian, (and  that  until  such  appointment  and  confirmation 
said  inspector  of  wires  and  superintendent  of  lamps  shall 
have  all  the  powers,  perform  all  the  duties  and  be  subject 
to  all  the  responsibilities  of  said  city  electrician,  as  defined 
in  this  ordinance). 


140 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  15. 


Inspection   of 
milk  and 
vinegar 
department   to 
be  in  charge  of 
the    inspector 
of  milk  and 
vinegar. 
P.  S.  c.  57. 
P.  S.  c.  60,  §  71. 

His   term   of 
office. 

Duties. 


Annual    report. 


CHAPTER  15. 

INSPECTION    OF    MILK   AND   VINEGAR. 

SECTION  i.  The  inspection  of  milk  and  vinegar  depart- 
ment shall  be  in  charge  of  the  inspector  of  milk  and  vine- 
gar, who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
the  first  Monday  of  January  in  the  year  of  his  appoint- 
ment. He  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  the  office  of  inspector  of  milk,  and  of  inspector 
of  vinegar;  and  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  power  and 
authority,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and,  limitations 
which  the  statute  imposes  upon  and  requires  of  inspectors 
of  milk,  and  inspectors  of  vinegar. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  December, 
make  a  full  report  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  depart- 
ment, with  an  inventory  of  .all  the  apparatus  and  property 
of  the  city  belonging  thereto,  which  shall  be  in  his  charge. 


Ol.M'.  16.]  INSPECTION     OF     I'KOVISIONS,     ETC.  141 


CHAPTER  I6.1 

INSPECTION     OF    PROVISIONS    AND    OF    ANIMALS     INTENDED    FOR 
SLAUGHTER  OR  KEPT  FOR  THE  PRODUCTION   OF   MILK. 

SECTION  i.     The  department  of  the  inspection  of  provisions  inspection  of 

provisions  and 

and  of  animals  intended  for  slaughter  or  kept  for  the  pro-  of  animals, 
duction  of  milk  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  inspector  5)e  in  charge  of 
of  provisions  and  animals  intended  for  slaughter  or  kept 
for  the  production  of  milk.    He  shall  be  a  skilled  veterinary 
physician,  shall  be  sworn  to  discharge  faithfully  the  duties 
of  his  office,  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one   Term  of  offlce> 
year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  his  appoint- 
ment,  subject  to  removal  at  any  time  by  the  mayor  and 
aldermen. 

SECT.  2.  In  addition  to  the  duties  required  of  him  by  the  Duties, 
public  statutes,  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof,  he  shall 
professionally  visit,  attend  and  treat,  whenever  necessary 
or  whenever  requested  by  the  mayor,  any  and  all  of  the 
horses  owned  by  the  city  in  the  several  departments  therof, 
and  shall  physically  examine  and  report  upon  all  horses 
offered  for  sale  to  said  city. 

SECT.  3.     He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of   December,  Annual  report, 
and   whenever   requested  by  the   mayor  and   city  council, 
make  a  full  and  detailed  report  of  all  matters  pertaining  to 
his   department,   with   such   suggestions   as   he   may   deem 
proper. 

1  Chapter  16  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  being  the  ordinance  In 
relation  to  lamps,  was  repealed  Oct.  24,  1899:  said  ordinance  being  includ- 
ed in  ordinance  in  relation  to  City  Electrical  Department  approved  Oct. 
24.  v  1899. 


142 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  17.] 


CHAPTER  17. 


Law   depart- 
ment  to    be   in 
charge   of  the 
city    solicitor. 
Stat.   1891,  c.  304, 
§  20. 


Terra   of  office. 


Vacancy. 


He   shall   draft 
all    legal 
instruments. 


Shall    prosecute 
all   actions 
for   the    c!ty. 


Shall    defend 
the  city  in  all 
actions. 


Shall    represent 
tho   <-ity    before 
legislative 
committees. 


LAW. 


SECTION  i.  The  law  department  shall  be  in  charge  of  the 
city  solicitor,  who  shall  be  a  citizen  of  Cambridge  and  an 
attorney  and  counsellor  of  the  courts  of  the  commonwealth, 
and  who  shall  hold  no  other  office  under  the  city  govern- 
ment during  the  period  for  which  he  is  elected.  He  shall 
hold  his  office  for  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  of  May 
in  the  year  in  which  he  is  elected,  and  until  his  successor  is 
elected  .and  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed ;  and  he  shall 
be  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  city  council.  A  va- 
cancy may  be  filled  at  any  time  for  the  unexpired  term. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  by  himself,  or  by  some  person  by  him 
duly  authorized,  for  whose  conduct,  skill  and  faithfulness 
he  shall  be  accountable,  draft  all  legal  instruments,  of  what- 
ever nature,  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  any  ordi- 
nance, or  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen  or  of  the  city 
council,  or  which  may  be  requisite  to  be  done  and  made  by 
the  city  and  any  person  contracting  with  the  city,  and 
which,  by  law,  usage  or  agreement,  the  city  is  to  be  at  the 
expense  of  drawing. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall  commence  and  prosecute  all  actions  and 
suits  to  be  commenced  by  the  city,  before  any  tribunal  in 
this  commonwealth,  whether  in  law  or  equity,  and  also  ap- 
pear in,  defend  and  advocate  the  rights  and  interests  of  the 
city,  or  any  of  the  officers  of  the  city,  in  any  suit  or  prosecu- 
tion,'for  any  act  or  omission  in  the  discharge  of  their  offi- 
cial duties,  wherein  any  estate,  right,  privilege,  ordinance 
or  act  of  the  city  government,  or  any  breach  of  any  ordi- 
nance, may  be  brought  in  question.  He  shall  also  appear 
before  the  legislature  of  the  commonwealth,  or  any  com- 
mittee thereof,  and  there,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  represent, 
answer  for,  defend  and  advocate  the  interests  and  welfare 
of  the  city,  whenever  the  same  may  be  directly  or  incident- 
ally affected.  He  shall,  in  all  matters,  do  every  profes- 
sional act  incident  to  the  office,  which  may  be  required  of 
1  him  by  the  city  government,  or  by  any  committee  thereof, 


CHAP.  17.]  LAW.  143 

or  by  any  ordinance  or  order.     He  shall  furnish  legal  opin-   j511111,1  f««»ish 

l«'j.':il    opinions, 

ions  on  such  subjects  or  questions  as  may  be  submitted  to  etc. 
him  by  the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  common 
council  or  the  school  committee;  by  any  comrnittee  of  the 
city  council,  or  either  branch  thereof,  or  any  sub-committee 
of  the  school  committee  or  by  any  board  or  department  of 
the  city  government  who  may  require  advice  in  regard  to 
the  discharge  of  their  duties. 

SECT.  4.     He  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  city  council  salary, 
may  determine.     In   all   cases  when  his  attendance  is   re-   Traveling 

.       ,  .      ,  .  ,  .  expenses,    etc. 

quired    out   of    the    city,    his    reasonable    travelling    expenses 
shall  be  allowed  him. 


144 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  IS. 


CHAPTER  iS.1 


Overseers    of  the 
poor    department 
to    be    in    charge 
of  the  overseers 
of   the   poor. 
1891,  c.  364,   §  21. 


Election   of 
vacancies. 


To   have   charge 
of  almshouse   and 
other    property. 
P.   S.   c.   84. 


OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR. 

SECTION  i.  The  overseers  of  the  poor  department  shall  be 
under  the  charge  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor 
consisting  of  five  persons,  one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  an- 
nually by  the  city  council  in  joint  convention  in  the  month 
of  March,  for  the  term  of  five  years  beginning  the  first 
Monday  in  May  of  that  year.  Vacancies  may  be  filled  for 
the  unexpired  term  in  the  same  manner. 

SECT.  2..  The  board  shall  have  charge  of  the  Cambridge 
City  Home  -and  may  make  and  enforce  all  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  they  deem  expedient  in  relation  thereto. 
They  shall  preserve  all  books,  papers,  property,  evidences 
of  property,  vouchers  and  other  things  intrusted  to,  kept 
by  or  deposited  with  them. 


1  Sections  3  to  8  inclusive  repealed   Oct.  22, 

2  Amended   May  9,   1900. 


CHAP.  19.1  I'ARKS    AND    PLAYGROUNDS.  145 


CHAPTER  iQ1. 

PARKS  AND  PLAYGROUNDS. 

SECTION  i.  The  board  of  park  commissioners  shall  here-  f^^^ers  of 
after  consist  of  five  members,  who  shall  be  appointed  in  the 
manner  hereinafter  provided.  The  board  of  playground  com- 
missioners is  hereby  abolished  and  all  of  the  powers  and  duties 
hereinbefore  vested  in  said  board  shall  be  exercised  by  the 
board  of  park  commissioners. 

SECT.  2.  The  mayor  shall,  subject  to  the  confirmation  of  Appointment, 
the  board  of  aldermen,  upon  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
appoint  two  persons  as  members  of  said  board,  whose  terms 
of  office  shall  extend  respectively  to  the  first  Monday  of  May,  Term  of  °mee' 
1915,  and  the  first  Monday  of  May,  1916,  and  upon  the  expira- 
tion of  the  terms  of  the  present  members  of  the  board,  their 
successors  shall  be  appointed  in  the  manner  aforesaid  for  the 
term  of  five  years  from  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  term 
for  which  such  present  member  was  originally  appointed,  and 
the  mayor  shall  in  the  manner  aforesaid  during  the  month  of 
April  in  each  year  appoint  a  commissioner  for  the  term  of  five 
years  as  successor  to  the  commissioner  whose  term  is  about  to 
expire.  No  person  shall  be  a  commissioner  who  is  at  the  same 
time  a  member  of  the  city  council.  Any  vacancy  occurring  in  vacancy, 
the  said  board  shall  be  filled  for  the  residue  of  the  term  of  the 
commissioner  whose  place  is  to  be  filled,  in  the  same  manner 
in  which  such  commissioner  was  originally  appointed.  Said 
commissioners  shall,  in  addition  to  the  above  term,  hold  office 
until  others  are  appointed  in  their  respective  places. 

SECT.  3.  The  chairman  of  the  board  of  park  commis-  Election  of 
sioners  shall  be  elected  by  the  board,  and  shall  be  one  of  the 
persons  appointed  as  provided  in  the  second  section  of  this 
chapter.  The  board  may  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for 
its  own  government  and  in  relation  to  its  officers  as  may  be 
deemed  expedient. 

SECT.  4.     The  board  so  constituted  shall  have  and  execute  Rights  and 

.  .  .        duties, 

all  the  rights,  powers  and  authority  given  to  it  and  to  the  city 

council  by  the  legislature  by  the  three  hundred  and  forty-first 
chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety- 
amended  July  8,  1912. 


146 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  19. 


Appointment    of 
superintendent. 

Assistants. 


Annual    report. 


Sale  of  property. 


Duties   of 
chairman. 


Contracts,    bar- 
gains, etc. 


two  and  by  the  three  hundred  and  thirty-seventh  chapter  of 
the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-three,  and  by 
chapter  twenty-eight  of  the  revised  laws  as  amended  by  the 
five  hundred  and  eighth  chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  nine- 
teen hundred  and  ten  and  by  the  five  hundred  and  thirteenth 
chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  eight  and 
by  any  and  all  acts  in  addition  thereto  or  in  amendment 
thereof  so  far  as  the  same  can  be  legally  delegated  by  the  city, 
subject  to  all  the  duties,  liabilities  and  restrictions  therein  con- 
tained. Said  commissioners  may  in  their  discretion  annually 
appoint  a  superintendent,  a  director,  a  clerk  and  any  and  all 
other  subordinate  agents  and  assistants,  as  in  the  judgment  of 
said  board  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of  the 
department  who  shall  be  removable  at  their  pleasure,  and  shall 
fix  their  compensation  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  com- 
mittee on  finance. 

SECT.  5.  The  board  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of 
March  in  each  year,  shall  present  to  the  city  council  a  report 
containing  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  all  the  parks,  play- 
grounds, commons  and  lands  under  its  control  or  supervision, 
and  of  other  property  connected  therewith,  with  an  account  of 
all  receipts  and  expenditures  together  with  any  information  or 
suggestions  which  it  may  deem  important ;  and  shall  at  the 
same  time  transmit  the  reports  of  such  of  its  officers  or  sub- 
ordinates as  it  may  deem  advisable  for  the  information  of  the 
city  council. 

SECT.  6.  The  board  may  sell  such  of  the  personal  property 
connected  with  said  parks,  playgrounds,  commons  or  lands  as 
it  may  deem  expedient  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

SECT.  7.  The  chairman  of  the  board  shall  exercise  a  gen- 
eral supervision  over  all  said  parks,  playgrounds,  commons 
and  lands  and  the  materials  and  property  connected  therewith, 
and  over  all  subordinate  officers  and  agents.  In  case  of  his 
absence  or  disability  his  duties  may  be  performed  by  a  chair- 
man pro  tempore  to  be  chosen  by  the  board. 

SECT.  8.  No  member  of  the  board  and  no  member  appointed 
to  any  office  or  employed  by  virtue  of  this  chapter  or  of  the 
acts  of  the  legislature  mentioned  in  the  fourth  section  of  this 
chapter,  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  con- 
tract, bargain,  sale  or  agreement,  in  relation  to  said  parks, 
playgrounds,  commons  or  lands  or  any  matter  or  thing  con- 
nected therewith  wherein  the  citv  is  interested;  and  anv  and 


('MAI'.  U).J  PARKS    AND     I'LAVCKor.NDS.  147 

all  contracts,  bargains,  sales  or  agreements  made  in  violation 
of  this  section  shall  be  void  as  to  the  city. 

SECT.  9.  The  superintendent  shall  perform  all  such  serv-  ™nLut  S"P' '" 
ices  in  relation  to  the  trees  in  the  public  streets  and  said  parks, 
playgrounds,  commons  and  lands  as  may  be  required  of  him 
by  the  board,  and  he  shall  annually  during  the  first  week  of 
March  present  to  the  board  a  report  of  the  general  condition 
of  said  parks,  playgrounds,  commons  and  lands. 

SKCT.  10.  The  board  may  require  the  city  engineer,  either 
by  himself  or  by  his  assistants,  to  perform  all  work  which  engineer, 
properly  come  within  the  province  and  direction  of  a  civil 
engineer,  including  the  making  of  examination  and  surveys, 
the  preparation  of  statements,  plans,  profiles,  estimates,  de- 
scriptions, specifications  and  contracts  and  the  measuring  of 
the  work  done  by  contract  and  certifying  to  the  results  of  such 
measurement. 

SECT.  .11.  The  park  commissioners,  in  addition  to  the 
general  care  and  charge  of  parks,  playgrounds  and  public 
grounds  imposed  upon  them  by  the  foregoing  provisions,  shall  of  water  board- 
have  the  general  care  and  charge  of  all  other  commons,  public 
grounds  and  enclosures  now  belonging  and  as  the  same  may 
hereafter  belong  to  the  city,  and  not  under  the  general  care  of 
the  water  board. 

SECT.  12.  The  park  commissioners  shall  have  the  care  of 
the  trees  in  the  public  streets.  They  shall  cause  all  statutes 
and  ordinances  made  for  the  protection  of  said  trees,  the  com- 
mons and  all  other  public  grounds  and  enclosures  not  under 
the  general  care  and  charge  of  the  water  board  to  be  strictly 
enforced,  and  shall  institute  legal  proceedings  against  all  per- 
sons violating  such  statutes  and  ordinances. 

SKCT.  13.  All  orders  and  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 


148 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  20. 


Police    depart- 
ment  to   be   in 
charge   of  the 
chief   of  police. 

His   term   of 

office. 

P.   S.  c.  27,  §  85. 

1891,   c.   364, 

§§  9,   10. 

Duties. 


Shall   keep    a 
record  and 
report   to   the 
mayor. 


Shall   direct   and 
control    the 
transportation 
of  all  injured 
persons. 


Emergency 
ambulance 


Employment 
of   assistance. 


Annual   report. 


Shall  report  fees. 


CHAPTER  20. 

POLICE. 

SECTION  i.  The  police  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  chief  of  police,  who  shall  hold  his  office  dur- 
ing the  pleasure  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen.  He  shall 
have,  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor,  the  care  and  cus- 
tody of  the  patrol  wagons,  Emergency  ambulances,  police 
vans  and  other  vehicles,  harnesses  and  horses  used  by  the 
police  force,  and  all  the  furniture  and  other  property  of  the 
city  at  the  several  police  stations,  except  that  the  .apparatus 
of  the  police  signal  system  shall  be  under  the  supervision 
of  the  inspector  of  wires.  The  chief  of  police  shall  also 
have  the  charge  of  all  the  police  stations. 

SECT.  2.  The  chief  of  police  shall  keep  a  correct  and  com- 
plete record  of  the  business  of  the  department,  and  shall 
m.ake  such  reports  to  the  mayor  from  time  to  time,  as  he 
shall  require,  concerning  all  matters  relating  to  the  police 
department,  and  to  the  property  of  the  city  used  by  the 
police  force. 

1SscT.  3.  The  chief  of  police  shall  within  the  city  limits 
direct  and  control  the  transportation  of  all  injured  persons 
who  require  immediate  care,  relief  and  assistance,  2and  shall 
respond  to  all  calls  made  upon  him,  for  the  use  of  the 
emergency  ambulance,  by  the  overseers  of  the  poor  for  all 
cases  except  cases  of  contagious  disease. 

SECT.  4.  The  chief  of  police  shall  employ  suitable  persons 
to  .assist,  and  shall  provide  and  contract,  under  the  ordi- 
nances, for  suitable  materials,  appliances,  and  means  to 
carry  out  and  accomplish  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  faithful  ,and  complete  exe- 
cution of  the  same. 

±SECT.  5.  The  chief  of  police  shall  make  a  report  to  the 
city  council  annually,  in  the  month  of  December,  of  all  the 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  his  department,  the  organiza- 
tion and  efficiency  of  the  force,  and  an  itemized  statement 
of  .all  the  materials,  tools  and  property  of  every  kind  be- 
longing to  the  city,  on  hand  December  first,  with  their  es- 
timated value.  He  shall  also  at  the  same  time  make  a  re- 
turn of  the  fees  and  perquisites  received  by  him  and  other 
members  of  the  police  force. 

1  Amended    July    15,    1896. 
"  Amended    Dec.    30.    1896. 


OlIAl'.  21.]  ITI'.LIC    UI5KAKY.  149 


CHAPTER  21. 

PUBLIC    LIBRARY. 

SECTION   i.     The  public  library  department  shall  be  under  Public  library 

department   to 

the  charge  of  a  board  of  seven  trustees,  to  consist  of  one   be  in  charge  of 

trustees, 
member  of  the  school  committee  and  six  citizens  at  large  to  P.  s.  c.  40, 

be  chosen  as  hereinafter  provided. 

SECT.  2.     There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  subject  Trustees, 
to  confirmation  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  annually,  in  the  Appointment  of. 
month  of  January,  or  whenever  a  vacancy  may  occur,  one 
member  of  the  school  committee,  to  serve  as  trustee  for  the 
municipal  year. 

Also  in  January,  of  each  year,  two  citizens  at  large  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the 
board  of  aldermen,  as  trustees  as  aforesaid,  to  hold  office 
for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  third  Monday  of  Jan- 
uary of  the  year  in  which  they  are  appointed,  and  in  case 
of  a  vacancy,  for  the  unexpired  portion  of  the  term.  Vacancy. 

SECT.  3.     Said   trustees   may   elect    from   their  number   a  Trustees  may 

J  elect   a   chair- 

chairman  and  secretary,  and   four  members   of  the  board  man  and 

.  ,  P  secretary. 

shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business: 
they  shall  choose  annually   in  the  month  of  January,  a  suit- 
able person  to  be  librarik..,  who  shall  be  removable  at  the  librarian.00' 
pleasure  of  the  board,  and  shall  receive  such  compensation 
as  the  trustees  may  determine. 

SECT.  4.     The  trustees  shall  expend  all  moneys  presented 
to  the  library,  or  appropriated  by  the  city  council,  for  the 
purchase    of   books,    the    improvement   of   the    library,    its    by-laws. 
care,  custody,  maintenance  for  usefulness,  and  its  preser- 
vation, and  the  care  and  repairs  of  the  building.    They  may 
establish   such   fees   for   the   use   of  the   library,   and   shall 
make  and  publish  needful  by-laws  and  regulations,  to  ex- 
tend the  benefits  of  the  institution  as  widely  as  practicable 
throughout  the  community.     All  moneys  received  for  the   AH  fees  to  be 
use   of   the   library   shall   be   paid   quarterly   into   the   city  treasury, 
treasury. 

SECT.  5.     The   trustees    shall   present   to   the   city   council  Annual  report 

J  of   trustees. 

annually,  in  the  month  of  December,  a  report  of  their  pro- 
ceedings, and  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  library, 


oO  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  21. 

the  number  of  books  added  during-  the  year,  with  an  accu- 
rate account  of  .all  receipts  and  expenditures,  together  with 
any  other  information  or  suggestions  which  they  may  deem 
desirable. 
Money,  how  paid  SECT.  6.     Xo  money  shall  be  paid   from  the  citv  treasury 

i»n    account    of 

iii>nu-y.  on  account  of  the  library,  except  by  order  of  the  trustees, 

and  in  pursuance  of  an  order  signed  by  the  mayor;  and  in 
no  case  shall  the  .amount  drawn  exceed  the  amount  appro- 
priated for  the  library. 


CHAP.  22.] 


SKAI.KK    OF     \VF.KilITS     AND     MKASl'KES. 


151 


CHAPTER  22. 


SEALER   OF   WEIGHTS    AND    MEASURES. 

SECTION  i.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  depart- 
ment shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures.  The  department  shall  consist  of  a  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  and  two  deputies  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures,  who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the 
term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  April  in  the  year 
of  their  appointment  subject  to  removal  at  any  time  by  the 
mayor  and  aldermen. 

The  sealer  of  weights  .and  measures  shall  have  general 
control  and  supervision  of  all  the  public  scales  in  the  city, 
and  in  case  of  his  absence  or  inability  to  his  duties  from 
any  cause  the  senior  deputy  sealer  shall  exercise  said  du- 
ties. Annually  in  the  month  of  December  he  shall  make  a 
full  report  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  department  with 
an  inventory  of  all  property  of  the  city  in  his  charge. 

1  Amended  .Tan.  3.  1902. 
-  Amended   Oct.    24.    1907. 


Sealer   of   weights 
and     measures 
department  to  be 
in   charge  of  the 
sealer  of  weights 
and    measures. 
P.   S.  c.  65, 
§§  8  to  25. 


His   duties. 


Annual   rope  rt. 


152 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  23. 


CHAPTER  23. 


Sewer    depart- 
ment   to   be   in 
charge  of  the 
city  engineer. 


Common 
sewer   defined. 
P.  S.  c.  50,  §  1. 
S.   1890,   c.   124. 


Laying  of  pipes, 
etc.,   not   to  inter- 
fere  with   sewer. 


Pipes,  etc.,   inter- 
fering  with   sewer, 
to  be  removed 
bv    owner. 


City    engineer 
and    superin- 
tendent  of 
water   works 
to   consult. 


Superintendent 
of   sewers  to  be 
appointed 


SEWER. 

SECTION  I.  The  sewer  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  city  engineer.  In  any  street  opened,  or  pro- 
posed to  be  opened,  for  public  travel  and  accommodation, 
every  sewer  or  drain  laid  for  the  purpose  of  draining  more 
than  one  estate,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  common  sewer, 
and  no  such  common  sewer  shall  be  laid  or  connected  with 
any  existing  common  sewer  except  by  the  city,  as  provided 
in  section  three  of  this  chapter. 

SECT.  2.  Whenever  any  street  is  opened  for  the  laying  of 
pipes  for  water,  gas  or  other  purposes,  or  for  the  prosecu- 
tion of  any  work  of  construction,  such  laying  of  pipes  and 
the  work  connected  therewith,  or  such  work  of  construc- 
tion, shall  be  so  executed  as  not  to  obstruct,  in  any  way, 
the  course,  capacity  or  construction  of  a  common  sewer, 
and  whenever  pipes  for  any  purpose,  or  any  work  of  con- 
struction, are  found  to  exist  at  such  a  depth  or  in  such 
location  as  to  interfere  with  any  existing  sewer,  or  with 
the  building  of  any  common  sewer  of  the  required  size,  and 
at  the  proper  depth  and  grades,  the  department,  corpora- 
tion or  person  maintaining  the  same,  shall,  upon  notice 
thereof,  at  once  remove,  change  or  alter  said  pipe  or  pipes 
or  other  works,  in  such  a  manner  as  the  city  engineer  may 
direct.  If  such  department,  corporation  or  person  neglects 
to  comply  immediately  with  the  terms  of  such  notification, 
the  city  engineer  may  make  such  removal,  change  or  altera- 
tion, and  the  cost  thereof  shall  be  paid  by  such  department, 
corporation  or  person. 

Provided,  that  whenever  any  sewer  is  to  be  constructed,  or 
any  water  pipe  to  be  laid,  in  any  street  or  way,  the  city 
engineer  and  superintendent  of  water  works  shall  consult 
with  each  other  in  regard  to  the  location  of  any  ex- 
isting pipes. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  engineer  shall  have  the  general  superin- 
tendence of  all  common  sewers  built  or  owned  by  the  city, 
and  of  all  connections  built  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter;  and  he  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  ap- 


CHAP.  23.]  SKWER.  153 

point  some  competent  person  to  take  charge  of  such  work 
of  building,  repairing  and  keeping  the  same  in  order,  as 
may  be  required  by  the  city  engineer,  to  whom  he  shall  be 
subordinate.  The  person  so  appointed  shall  be  styled  "the 
superintendent  of  sewers,"  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  ^sceterm  of 
from  the  time  of  his  appointment,  or  until  his  successor 
is  chosen,  and  receive  such  compensation  as  the  board  of 
aldermen  may  determine.  Whenever  the  office  of  superintend- 
ent of  sewers  becomes  vacant  it  shall  be  filled  in  like  manner,  vacancy. 

SECT.  4.     The  city  engineer  shall  make  and  file  in  his  office,   Plans  of  sewers, 
accurate  plans  of  all  common  sewers,  showing  all  entrances 
thereto,    when    made    as    hereinafter    provided.      He    shall 
have  constant  care  of,  and  keep  clean  and  in  proper  order 
and  repair,  all  street  catch-basins  and  connecting  drains  with-   Catch-basins, 
in  the  limits  of  any  street:  provided,  however,  that  the  sup- 
erintendent of  streets  shall  keep  the  entrances  to  the  catch- 
basins  open  and  clear  of  ice  in  cold  weather,  so  as  to  permit 
the  flow  of  surface  water  into  them. 

SECT.  5.     He  shall  keep,  and  whenever  requested,  report  to   Sha11  keeP  an 


either  branch  of  the  city  council,  an  accurate  account  of  the   account  of  the 

cost  of  each 

cost  and  all  other  expenses  upon  each  common  sewer ;  and  he   sewer. 

shall  annually,  in  December,  submit  a  report  of  all  work  per-  Annual  report. 

formed  in  the  sewer  department  during  the  year,  the  property 

under  his  charge,  including  the  total  length  and  original  cost 

of  existing  sewers,  and  the  amount  of  all  expenditures  from 

the  appropriation  for  sewers. 

SECT.  6.     Three-fourths  of  the  average  cost  of  a  system  of   Amount  to  be 

J  assessed  upon 

sewers,  already  determined  and  found  to  equal  two  dollars  per  abutters. 

IT.    &•    C.    50, 

running  foot,  shall  be  assessed  according  to  law :  provided,   |§  4'  n- 
that  no  estate  shall  be  assessed  until  it  can  be  drained  into  the 
wer ;  and  no  estate  shall  be  assessed  more  than  once  for  the 
me  benefit.    The  remainder  of  the  cost  of  such  sewers  shall 
borne  by  the  city. 

SECT.  7.     The  city  engineer  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the   ^^  en*Jn®JJ 
rd  of  aldermen  plans  of  the  estates  to  be  assessed,  showing   Plan,s  °* 

^      CSttltGS    LO     DC 

e  owners'  names,  frontages  and  areas,  together  with  a  sched-   assessed. 
le  showing  the  assessments  on  the  estates  abutting  and  bene- 
ted.     Such  assessment  to  be  determined  as   follows:    four-  ^etermini'ng 
enths  of  the  benefit  according  to  the  relative  frontage,  and   Pss|s8™eJo  §  7 
ix-tenths  according  to  the  area  of  the  estate,  within  one  hun- 
dred feet  of  the  street  in  which  the  common  sewer  has  been 

nstructed ;  the  area  of  corner  lots  being  measured  to  the  line 
isecting  the  angle  formed  by  the  lines  of  the  streets.     The 


154 

Standard    rate. 


Amounts 
assessed    to    be 
entered   on   plan. 


Drain    layers. 


ORDINANCES. 


CHAP.  23.] 


Size  of   private 
drains. 


Drain   layers 
to    give   bond. 


Conditions   of 
bond. 


said  four-tenths  having  been  ascertained  to  be  twenty  eight 
cents  per  front  foot,  and  the  said  six-tenths  having  been  ascer- 
tained to  be  five  and  two-tenths  mills  per  square  foot,  said 
sums  are  hereby  adopted  as  the  standard  rate  of  assessment. 

SECT.  8.  The  amounts  assessed  and  certified  by  the  board 
of  aldermen  shall  be  entered  upon  the  plan  prepared  for 
assessment. 

SECT.  9.  Annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  and  at  other 
times  whenever  necessary,  the  city  engineer  shall  license  such 
drain  layers  as  apply,  and  are  found  competent,  who  alone 
shall  be  authorized  to  make  all  openings  or  excavations  in  any 
street  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  repairing  private 
drains,  and  who  shall  construct  all  entrances  into  the  com- 
mon sewers.  Such  persons  shall  hold  their  license  for  one 
year,  unless  sooner  revoked  by  the  city  engineer.  Xo  such 
private  drain,  if  of  vitrified  pipe,  shall  be  laid  of  a  less  size 
than  six  inches  interior  diameter,  and  if  of  iron,  it  shall  be  not 
less  than  five  inches  internal  diameter,  and  of  extra  heavy 
pipe,  and  the  work  shall  be  done  as  directed  by  the  city 
engineer. 

SECT.  10.  Every  person  licensed  as  provided  in  .the  pre- 
ceding section  shall,  before  performing  any  work  authorized 
thereby,  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
dollars,  with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved 
by  the  city  engineer  conditioned  that  he  shall  comply  with  the 
terms  of  the  permit  under  which  entrance  is  made ;  that  he 
will  cause  the  excavation  to  be  properly  fenced  during  the 
whole  time  the  street  is  obstructed ;  that  he  will,  when  neces- 
sary, maintain  one  or  more  lighted  lanterns  in  a  conspicuous 
place  over  such  obstruction  from  twilight  in  the  evening  and 
through  the  whole  night ;  that  he  will  properly  make  all 
entrances  to  the  sewers,  and  will  leave  no  obstruction  of  any 
description  in  the  sewer  which  he  may  open ;  that  he  will 
properly  close  the  excavation,  restore  the  earth  and  pavements 
taken  up,  and  re-grade  and  re-pave  that  part  of  the  street 
which  has  been  excavated,  and  keep  it  in  a  good  and  satisfac- 
tory condition  for  a  period  of  one  year  thereafter,  and  that 
if  he  fails  to  do  so,  the  street  may  be  repaired  by  the  street 
department  and  the  expense  thereof  charged  to  him ;  and  that 
he  will  repay  the  city  such  expense,  and  that  he  will  indemnify 
and  hold  harmless  the  city  from  any  damage  or  cost  to  which 
it  may  be  put  by  reason  of  injuries  resulting  to  any  one  from 
:ct  or  carelessness  in  making  or  repairing  such  drain,  or 


CHAP.  23.]  si-:  \\i-u.  155 

in  properly  fencing  or  lighting  any  excavation  or  obstruction, 
or  in  performing  any  other  work  connected  therewith. 

SECT.   n.     No  private  drain  shall  be  entered  into  any  com- 

mon    sewer,   or   into   any   private   drain    connected    with    any  int,°  sewe.r 
J     r  ^  J     out  permit. 

common  sewer,  without  a  permit  in  writing  from  the  city 
engineer;  and  on  the  completion  of  the  work,  the  permit  shall 
be  returned  to  the  office  of  the  city  engineer,  indorsed  by  the 
layer  of  the  drain,  with  a  statement  of  his  proceedings  there- 
under. The  city  engineer  is  authorized  to  grant  such  permits 
for  estates  which  abut  on  the  sewer  into  which  an  entrance 
is  desired.  Each  permit  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Abject  to*7  be 
this  chapter,  and  shall  state  in  detail  the  premises  to  which  it  eonditlons- 
applies,  and  the  time,  place,  manner  and  construction  of  such 
entrance.  Each  permit  may,  at  the  discretion  of  the  city 
engineer,  be  subject  to  the  condition  that  such  entrance  be 
made  in  the  presence  of  any  inspector  appointed  by  the  city 
engineer.  No  private  drain  from  any  estate  or  part  of  an 
estate  not  already  assessed,  or  not  liable  to  assessment  for  the 
cost  of  the  sewer,  shall  be  entered  into  such  sewer,  except  by 
the  consent  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.   12.     The   city  engineer,   under  the   direction   of   the  city  engineer- 

r  .  .         authorized    to 

board  of  health,  is  authorized  to  permit,  under  such  restnc-  permit,  under 

...  1-1  c   -direction   of  the 

tions  as  said  board  may  deem  expedient,  the  construction  ot   board  of  health, 
sufficient  passage  ways  or  conduits  under  ground  for  the  pur-  any  vault  to  a 
pose  of  conveying  the  liquid  contents  of  any  vault  into  any 
common  sewer. 

SECT.   13.     No  drain  connecting  with  a  common  sewer,  sub-   ^revenl^re&Sx 
ject  to  the  action  of  tide-water,  shall  be  constructed  without  a  t! !  tide  wator' 
plug  or  clapper  to  prevent  completely  the  reflux  of  drainage 
matter,  and  storm  or  tide-waters. 

SECT.   14.     All  drains  not  now  built  in  accordance  with  the  ^constructed, be 
requirements  herein,  shall  be  reconstructed  so  as  to  conform  etc- 
thereto,  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  it 
may  be  necessary. 

SECT.  15.  No  exhaust  from  a  steam-engine  and  no  blow- 
off  from  a  steam  boiler,  shall  be  connected  with  any  common 
sewer  or  private  drain. 

ECT.  1 6.     Whoever  cuts  into,  interferes  with  or  obstructs 
a  common  sewer,  or  enters  a  private  drain  therein,  except  as 
herein  provided,  or  places  or  deposits  in  any  street  catch-basin 
>r  common  sewer,  any  animal  or  vegetable  matter  or  any  other 
Ithy  substance,  solid  or  liquid,  or  any  naphtha,  gasolene  or 
other  explosive  or  dangerous  substances,  or  violates  any  of 

1  Amended  March  7,  1911. 


156  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  23. 

the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Plans  of  sewers,  SECT.   17.     Plans   and   descriptions   of   all   common   sewers 

where  to  be  kept  .  ...  f     . 

p.  s.  c.  m  §  14.         belonging  to  the  city,  with  a  true  record  of  the  charges  for 

making  and  repairing  the  same,  and  all  assessments  therefor, 
shall  be  kept  in  the  rooms  occupied  by  the  city  engineer.  Said 
rooms  shall  be,  for  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  a  part  of 
the  office  of  the  city  clerk. 


CHAP.  24.]  SINKING  FUND.  157 


CHAPTER  24. 

1  SINKING    FUND. 

SECTION  i.  The  sinking  fund  department  shall  be  under 
the  charge  of  the  board  of  sinking  fund  commissioners  as  now 
constituted,  and  shall  consist  of  six  members.  No  member  of 
the  city  council  shall  be  a  member  of  this  board. 

SECT.  2.  Said  board  shall  have  the  custody,  care,  control 
and  management  of  all  funds  created  for  the  payment  or 
redemption  of  the  city  debt,  including  the  fund  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  principal  and  interest  of  the  Cambridge  water 
loan. 

SECT.  3.  The  board  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  financial 
year,  certify  to  the  city  auditor  the  amounts  required  to  be 
raised  by  taxation  for  the  several  funds,  which  shall  be  put 
into  the  yearly  appropriation  the  next  succeeding  year. 

SECT.  4.  For  sinking  funds  to  redeem  at  maturity  such 
several  authorized  loans  of  the  city,  there  shall  be  annually 
appropriated  and  raised  by  taxation,  on  account  of  loans  made 
for  ten  years,  a  sum  not  less  than  eight  and  one-half  per  cent 
thereof ;  on  account  of  loans  made  for  twenty  years,  a  sum 
not  less  than  three  and  one-half  per  cent  thereof ;  and  on 
account  of  outstanding  loans  made  for  thirty,  a  sum  not  less 
than  two  per  cent  thereof ;  and  on  account  that  may  hereafter 
be  made  for  forty  years,  a  sum  not  less  than  one  and  one- 
eighth  per  cent  thereof ;  and  all  amounts  so  raised  by  taxation 
shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  November,  be 
paid  by  the  city  treasurer  to  such  board.  And  whenever  any 
payment  is  so  made  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  November, 
interest  shall  be  paid  thereon,  by  the  commissioners  of  the 
sinking  funds,  from  the  time  of  said  payment  until  the  thirtieth 
day  of  November,  at  such  rates  as  the  committee  on  finance 
shall  from  time  to  time  determine. 

SECT.  5.     The  board  shall  furnish  to  the  city  treasurer  from  fu°ranrightocUv 
the  sinking  funds  a  sum  sufficient  to  meet  any  city  debt  at  the  J.geau^edrtoUms 
time  of  its  maturity.  pay  debts  due. 

SECT.  6.  This  ordinance,  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the 
same  in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances,  shall 

:  Amended   June   26,    1900. 


158  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  24. 

be  construed  as  a  continuation  of  these  ordinances.  This  ordi- 
nance shall  not  affect  any  act  done,  any  right  accruing,  or  any 
term  of  office  of  the  existing  board  of  sinking  fund  commis- 
sioners appointed  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  23  of  the 
revised  ordinances  of  1892,  or  any  suit,  prosecution  or  pro- 
ceeding pending. 

SECT.  7.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  section  6  of  this 
ordinance,  chapter  23  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  all 
ordinances  in  amendment  thereof  and  supplementary  thereto, 
and  all  other  ordinances  and  provisions  of  ordinances  incon- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby 
repealed. 


CHAP.  25.]  STKKKT.  159 


CHAPTER  2$. 

STREET. 

SECTION   i.     The    street    department    shall    be    under    the 
charge  of  the  superintendent  of  streets,   who  shall  hold  his 
office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in 
the  year  of  his  appointment  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  §§  o!  ib. 
appointed. 

SECT.    2,     The   superintendent   of   streets   shall,   under   the   His  powers 

and  duties- . 

direction  and  control  of  the  mayor,  have  the  general  care  and 
charge  of  the  highways,  streets,  bridges  and  public  squares 
belonging  to  the  city,  and  shall  attend  to  the  making,  mending 
and  alteration  thereof,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  kept  in  good 
repair,  so  as  to  be  safe  and  convenient  for  travellers,  with 
their  horses  and  carriages  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  He  shall 
place  suitable  street  signs  on  each  street  at  convenient  dis- 
tances apart.  He  shall  keep  the  entrances  to  catch-basins  open 
and  clear  of  ice  in  cold  weather  so  as  to  permit  the  flow  of 
surface  water  into  them.  He  shall  see  that  the  highways  and 
streets,  and  sidewalks  are  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  all 
nuisances  and  obstructions  therein  are  forthwith  removed,  or 
give  notice  thereof  to  the  mayor  or  chief  of  police,1  and  he 
shall  remove  all  snow  from  the  sidewalks  and  walks  around 
the  several  schoolhouses  in  this  city.  And  in  case  of  the  block- 
ade or  obstruction  of  any  street,  the  person  causing  such 
blockade  or  obstruction  shall  forthwith  notify  the  superintend-  obstruction 
ent  of  street  and  the  chief  of  police  thereof. 

SECT.  4.     He  shall  have  the  right  to  hire,  and  the  general   snail  hire  and 
control  of,  all  persgns  employed  in  his  department,  and  shall   employees,  etc. 
have  the  custody  and  management  of  the  horses,  carts,  stables, 
shops,  sheds  and  all  other  property  connected  with  the  street 
department,  and  shall  keep  the  same  in  good  condition  and 
repair;   and   he  may   make   all   authorized   contracts    for   the   shall  make  aii 
supply  of  any  labor  or  materials  required  in  the  discharge  of 
his  official  duty.     He  shall  annually,  in  the  month,  of  Decem- 
ber, present  to  the  city  council  a  report  showing  the  detailed 
expenses,  the  material  and  other  property  on  hand,  a  detailed 

]  Amended   Nov.  4.   10(14. 


160 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Highways,   etc., 
when  unsafe  shall 
be  fenced  off. 


Shall  be  lighted 
at   night. 


Superintendent 
to   notify  other 
departments,    etc., 
of  proposed  con- 
struction  of 
opening  oi 
streets. 


Names  of  streets. 


Street   numbers. 


account  of   work   done,   and   other    facts   in    relation   to   his 
department. 

SECT.  6.  Whenever  any  highway,  street  or  bridge  is  from 
any  cause  unsafe  or  inconvenient  for  travellers,  he  shall  forth- 
with put  up  a  suitable  fence  across  such  highway,  street  or 
bridge,  and  exclude  all  travellers  from  passing  over  the  same ; 
or  cause  the  parts  thereof,  so  rendered  unsafe  and  inconven- 
ient, to  be  enclosed  by  a  sufficient  fence,  which  shall  be  kept 
standing  so  long  as  the  same  remains  unsafe  and  inconvenient ; 
and  he  shall  also  fix  one  or  more  lighted  lanterns  to  such  fence, 
or  in  some  other  proper  manner,  to  be  there  kept  every  night, 
from  twilight  in  the  evening,  through  the  night,  so  long  as  such 
fence  is  kept  standing. 

SECT.  7.  Whenever  the  superintendent  of  streets  is  about 
to  construct  a  new  street,  or  to  break  up  the  surface  of  any 
street,  he  shall,  at  least  two  weeks  before  beginning  work, 
notify  the  city  engineer,  as  head  of  the  sewer  department,  the 
superintendent  of  lamps  and  the  water  board,  the  Cambridge 
Gas  Light  Company  and  the  West  End  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany. If  either  of  these  departments  or  corporations  has  any 
work  to  be  done  in  the  street  so  designated,  it  shall  consult  and 
arrange  with  the  superintendent  of  streets,  in  order  that  such 
work  may  be  done  before  the  surface  of  such  street  is  again 
prepared  for  and  open  to  public  travel.  After  such  notice  and 
opportunity  have  been  given,  neither  of  the  three  departments 
of  sewers,  lamps  or  water,  nor  said  corporations,  shall,  for  the 
space  of  six  months,  break  up  such  street  within  the  area  of 
such  previous  disturbance,  except  in  case  of  obvious  necessity, 
to  be  certified  to  and  approved  by  the  mayor. 

Street  Names  and  Numbers. 

SECT.  8.  The  several  streets  in  the  city  shall  continue  to  be 
called  and  known  by  the  names  heretofore  given  to  them,  until 
such  names  are  altered  by  the  city  council.  The  city  council 
shall  give  names  to  all  streets  hereafter  laid  out  and  may 
change  the  name  of  a  street  at  any  time,1  except  that  no  street 
shall  be  given  the  designation  of  any  existing  street,  and  no 
street  shall  be  accepted  so  long  as  the  name  thereof  is  the  same 
as  that  of  any  existing  street. 

SECT.  9.  The  board  of  aldermen  may  order  numbers  in 
regular  series,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  occupant,  of 
such  form,  size  and  material,  and  in  such  mode,  place,  succes- 

1  Amended  March  22,  1901. 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.  161 

sion  and  order,  as  it  may  determine,  to  be  affixed  to  or  in- 
scribed upon,  all  buildings  on  any  street.  Any  owner  or  per- 
son having  the  control  of  any  such  building,  refusing  or 
neglecting  so  to  affix  to,  or  inscribe  upon  the  same,  the  number 
designated  by  the  board,  or  allowing  any  other  number  to 
remain  thereon  more  than  one  week  after  notice  so  to  affix  or 
.inscribe,  shall  be  liable  to  a  .penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar 
and  not  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

Excavations,  Obstructions  and  Projections  in  Streets. 
SECT.   10.     No  person  shall  break  or  dig  up  the  ground  or  NO  street  to  be 

obstructed   with- 

stones  in  any  street  or  on  any  sidewalk,  or  erect  any  staging  out  license, 
for  building,  or  place  or  deposit  any  stone,  bricks,  timber,  or 
building  materials  thereon,  or  otherwise  occupy,  obstruct,  or 
encumber  the  same,  without  first  obtaining  a  wrritten  license 
from  the  superintendent  of  streets  for  that  purpose,  and  com- 
plying in  all  respects  with  the  conditions  of  such  license.1  No 
gas-pipe,  water-pipe,  sewer,  conduit,  street  railway  track,  pole, 
nor  any  other  structure,  except  wires,  shall  be  placed  beneath, 
upon  or  above  any  public  street  or  way,  except  upon  a  location 
and  at  a  grade  approved  by  the  city  engineer,  or  authorized  by 
the  board  of  aldermen. 

Within  sixty  days  after  the  completion  of  the  work  so 
approved  or  authorized  a  final  plan  showing  accurately  in  de- 
tail the  lines,  grades  and  construction  of  the  work  as  finished, 
shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  engineer.  If  required  by 
the  city  engineer,  a  preliminary  plan  showing  the  proposed 
location  and  grade  of  the  structure  shall  first  be  filed  in  his 
office." 

Any  person  violating  the  foregoing  provision  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence  and  shall 
remove  any  structure  placed  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 
this  section  if  required  so  to  do  by  the  city  engineer,  and  upon 
failure  so  to  do  the  city  engineer  may  make  such  removal  or 
change,  and  the  cost  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  by  the 
person  or  department  owning  or  controlling  the  structure. 

SECT.  ii.  The  superintendent  of  streets  may  grant  licenses 
in  writing  to  persons  having  authority  in  the  premises  to  open, 
occupy,  obstruct,  encumber  and  use  parts  of  any  street  or  side- 
walk, and  every  such  license  shall  specify  the  time,  place,  size 
and  use  of  such  opening,  occupation  or  obstruction,  and  the 
time  within  which  the  street  must  be  put  in  a  condition  satis- 

1  Amende,!   July   22,   1002. 


162 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Obstruction   to 
be  fenced. 


Fences  to   bo 
lighted. 


Foot   path   to   be 
maintained. 


Streets    requiring 
repaying    and 
resurfacing 
within   one   year 
from  time  of 
excavation. 


factory  to  the  superintendent  of  streets,  and  each  license  so 
granted  shall  be  upon  the  condition  that  the  person  accepting 
the  same  shall  conform  to  the  statutes  and  ordinances  of  the 
city  in  force,  and  that  may  thereafter  be  in  force,  and  to  the 
specifications  in  the  license ;  that  the  license  may  be  revoked 
at  any  time  by  the  superintendent  of  streets :  that  before  per- 
forming any  work  authorized  by  said  license  the  party  licensed* 
shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  city  conditioned  as  required  by  the 
ordinances  of  the  city,  and  subject  to  the  additional  condition 
that  he  will  cause  the  excavation  and  obstruction  to  be 
properly  fenced  during  the  whole  time  the  street  is  opened  and 
obstructed ;  that  he  will  place  and  maintain  from  the  beginning 
of  twilight,  through  the  whole  of  the  night,  over  or  near  the 
place  so  occupied,  opened,  obstructed  or  used,  and  over  or 
near  any  dirt,  gravel  or  other  material  when  thereupon  or  to 
be  used  by  him,  a  light  or  lights  fixed  to  said  fence  or  in  some 
other  proper  manner  sufficient  to  protect  travellers  from  in- 
jury; shall  place  and  maintain  a  safe  and  convenient  way  for 
the  use  of  foot  travellers,  and  a  safe  and  convenient  passage 
for  public  travel  around  or  over  such  place ;  that  if  he  does  not, 
within  the  time  prescribed  by  said  superintendent,  put  the 
street  into  good  condition,  satisfactory  to  said  superintendent, 
he  will  pay  whatever  sum  the  said  superintendent  shall  expend 
for  putting  it  into  good  condition,  and  that  he  will  deliver  up 
the  license  to  the  superintendent  of  streets  on  or  before  the 
expiration  of  the  time  fixed  in  the  license  for  completing  the 
work  or  any  extension  or  extensions  of  the  same.  Said  super- 
intendent may,  in  addition  to  said  specifications,  specify  in 
the  license,  or  after  the  issuing  thereof,  in  writing,  the  kind  of 
rail  or  fence  to  enclose  the  place,  and  the  kind  of  way  over  or 
around  such  place,  and  the  manner  of  constructing  the  same : 
and  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
insertion  in  the  license  of  any  other  specification  deemed  advis- 
able by  the  superintendent  of  streets. 

Should  any  portion  of  the  street  which  has  been  excavated 
require  repaving  or  resurfacing  within  a  period  of  one  year 
from  the  time  it  has  been  disturbed,  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  shall,  by  mail,  postage  prepaid,  notify  in  writing  the 
person  applying  for  the  license  under  authority  of  which  the 
disturbance  was  made,  to  forthwith  make  such  repairs  as,  in 
the  opinion  of  said  superintendent,  are  necessary ;  and  in  case 
of  the  failure  of  the  said  person  to  make  such  repairs  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  sending  of  such  notice  aforesaid 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.  163 

to  the  last  known  address  of  such  person,  the  superintendent 
of  streets  shall  then  have  the  right  to  make  such  necessary 
repairs,  and  the  expense  of  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  said  sary  repairs, 
person,  and  all  amounts  received  by  the  city  collector  for  work 
done  or  materials  furnished  under  the  direction  of  the  super- 
intendent of  streets,  as  above  authorized,  shall  be  placed  to  the 
credit,  and  to  be  used  as  a  part,  of  the  appropriation  of  the 
street  department. 

Whenever  any  street  is  opened,  occupied,  obstructed  or  en- 
cumbered by  any  department  of  the  city,  or  any  corporation 
or  person,  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall  prevent  any 
unnecessary  obstruction  while  the  work  is  in  progress,  and 
shall  see  that  the  street  is  repaired  and  put  in  good  order  when 
the  work  is  completed.  If  the  street  is  not  repaired  to  his  streets  to 

in  proper 

acceptance  he  shall  forthwith  put  the  same  in  good  order,  and 
shall  render  a  bill  for  the  expense  of  such  repair  to  the  depart- 
ment, corporation  or  person  whose  duty  it  was  to  repair  the 
street.    All  openings  made  in  the  street  for  any  purpose  what-  ^t?|etsghow 
ever  shall  be  filled  back  in  layers  six  inches  in  depth,  and  each  repaired, 
layer  shall  be  properly  rammed  and,  when  necessary,  shall  be 
wet  down  to  prevent  settling  of  the  filling. 

Jjefore  any  license  hereinbefore  described  is  delivered  to  j^f"  re  license 
any  person  for  the  applicant  therefor,  such  person,  unless  he  is  delivered, 
is  an  employee  of  the  city,  employed  on  public  work,  shall 
certify  that  a  copy  of  the  license  entered  in  a  book  kept  for 
the  purpose  is  a  correct  copy  of  the  license  he  received,  and 
the  applicant,  unless  the  application  is  made  in  behalf  of  a 
department  of  the  city  or  by  a  person  who  has  given  bond  and 
who  applies  for  a  license  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
chapter  2.2.  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  shall  give  a  bond 
in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  with  one  or  more  sureties 
conditioned  to  the  faithful  observance  of  the  condition  and 
specifications  of  every  and  all  such  licenses  issued  to  the  appli- 
cant, and  the  superintendent  of  streets  may  at  any  time  require 
a  new  bond  which  shall  be  considered  a  strengthening  bond, 
unless  the  sureties  on  the  former  bond  are  expressly  released 
from  their  liability  by  vote  of  the  city  council. 

Whenever  any  department  of  the  city,  or  any  corporation 
or  person,  shall  lawfully  make  any  opening  or  cause  any 
obstruction  in  any  street,  such  department,  corporation  or  per-  fntendent 
son  shall  be  held  responsible  for  any  damages  that  may  result 
from  such  opening  or  obstruction  for  a  period  of  one  year 
from  the  time  of  making  the  same. 


164 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Violations  cf 
conditions  of 
license. 


Defects  in 
public   ways. 


Licenses  to 
persons   repair- 
ing  water 
pipes,    etc. 


Licenses   for 
raising   and   low- 
ering  goods, 
etc.,   into   and 
from  buildings. 


Lights  not  to  be 
extinguished. 


Penalty. 


Gates  or   doors 
not    to    swing 
outwards. 


Said  superintendent  shall  not  issue  any  such  license  to  a 
person  who  has  within  one  year  previous  to  his  application 
violated  or  failed  to  observe  the  conditions  or  specifications  of 
any  such  license  without  special  authority  of  the  city  council. 

Said  superintendent  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  notices  of 
defects  sent  to  him,  with  the  name  of  any  person  giving  the 
notice,  and  the  time  when  given,  and  he  shall  without  delay 
cause  the  locality  of  the  alleged  defect  to  be  examined, 
and,  if  the  defect  is  of  such  a  character  as  to  endanger  the 
safety  of  public  travel,  shall  do  whatever  may  be  necessary 
to  prevent  the  public  from  injury  by  the  defect,  and 
cause  it  to  be  immediately  repaired ;  and  every  person  in  the 
employ  of  the  city  shall  send  to  said  superintendent  notice  of 
every  defect  of  which  he  has  any  knowledge. 

SECT.  12.  Said  superintendent  shall  grant  such  a  license 
to  a  person  who  presents  a  license  from  the  water  department 
to  repair  or  lay  water  pipes,  and  to  a  person  who  presents  a 
license  from  the  superintendent  of  lamps  to  connect  with  the 
lamps  or  pipes  of  the  city. 

Said  superintendent  may  grant  to  competent  persons  engaged 
in  the  business,  licenses  to  occupy  and  use  certain  portions  of 
the  streets  for  the  purpose  of  raising  and  lowering  goods  and 
merchandise  into  and  from  buildings,  on  condition  the  terms 
of  which  shall  be  those  stated  in  section  1 1  of  this  chapter,  so 
far  as  the  same  may  apply,  and  in  addition  that  the  person 
applying  for  the  license  shall  maintain,  during  the  whole  time 
the  work  is  in  progress,  good  and  sufficient  barriers  across  the 
sidewalk,  from  the  wall  of  the  building  to  or  from  which  they 
are  so  raised,  out  to  the  curbstone  or  edge  of  the  sidewalk,  on 
each  side  of  said  goods  or  merchandise,  sufficient  to  protect 
travellers  from  injury  or  danger;  and  that  he  will  not  en- 
cumber the  sidewalk  for  more  than  fifteen  minutes  at  a  time 
for  such  work. 

SECT.  13.  Whoever  maliciously  or  wantonly,  and  without 
legal  cause,  extinguishes  or  diminishes  a  light  fixed  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  six,  or  of  section  Meven, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  shall  make,  erect  or  maintain  any 
gate  or  door  in  or  upon  any  street  in  such  manner  that,  when 
opening  the  same,  it  shall  swing  over  such  street. 


Amended   April  13,   1893. 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.  165 

SECT.    15.      No   person   shall   make,  erect   or  maintain   any  por°ticosPSen- 
doorstep,  portico,  porch,  entrance  or  passage-way  to  any  eel-  ["JJtiTetc  base" 
lar  or  basement  or  any  other  structure,  in  or  upon  any  street,  regulated. 
without   permission   in   writing,    from   the   superintendent   of 
streets  when  authorized  by  the  board  of  aldermen.    No  person 
shall  suffer  the  platform  or  grate  of  the  entrance  or  passage- 
way to  his  cellar  or  basement  in  any  street,  to  rise  above  the 
even  surface  of  such  street;  and  every  such  entrance  or  pas- 
sage-way shall  either  be  kept  covered  by  a  suitable  and  sub- 
stantial platform  or  grate,  or,  in  case  it  is  kept  open,  it  shall 
be  guarded  and  protected  by  a  sufficient  railing,  on  both  sides 
thereof,  at  least  two  feet  and  a  half  high,  and  well  lighted  at 
night. 

SECT.   1  6.     If  any  person  digs  or  sinks  or  causes  to  be  dug  Fences  shall  be 
or  sunk,  any  well,  cistern,  drain  or  other  cavity  in  the  ground,  Wei  is,  "Stems, 
near  to  or  adjoining  any  street,  he  shall  put  up  and  at  all  times  etc''  ir 
keep  up,  so  long  as  it  is  necessary  for  the  purpose,  a  railing 
or  fence,  on  or  near  the  line  of  such  street,  sufficient  to  guard 
and  protect  travellers  and  passengers   from  falling  into  said 
well,  cistern,  drain  or  other  cavity. 

Use  of  Streets. 

SECT.  17.     No  person  shall  move,  or  assist  in  moving,  any  ?e.I]1(J)-val  of 
building  through  or  upon  any  street,  unless  a  writen  license  p-  s.  c.  53,  §  n. 
therefor  has  been  first  obtained  from  the  superintendent  of 
streets  upon  the  authority  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  specifying 
the  terms  and  conditions  on  which  such  removal  may  be  made. 
No  such  license  shall  be  authorized  without  public  notice  and 
opportunity  for  hearing.     No  person  thus  licensed  shall  act  Bond- 
under  his  license  until  he  has  filed  with  the  superintendent  of 
streets  a  bond,  with  sufficient  surety,  satisfactory  in  amount  to 
the  mayor,  to  indemnify  the  city  from  all  loss  and  damage  by 
reason    of    such    removal.      No    building    shall    be    removed  jjSJjJ'^IJ  be 
through  any  street  until  the  chimneys  of  the  building  have 
been  taken  down  even  with  the  roof. 

SECT.   1  8.     No  person   shall   run   a   snow-plow   or   remove  ^ni<JJa 


snow  from  the  tracks  of  a  street  railway  in  the  streets  of  the  to  be 
city,  unless  he  removes  from  such  streets,  outside  of  the  tracks 
and  between  the  rails  and  the  sidewalks  an  amount  of  snow 
sufficient  to  make  such  streets  safe  and  convenient  for  public 
travel  ;  and  all  removal  of  snow  from  the  streets  by  a  street 
railway  corporation  shall  be  done  under  the  direction  and  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent  of  streets. 


166 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Salt   shall   not 
be  used  on 
railway  tracks. 
P.  S.  c.  113,  §  27. 


Rubbish,   etc., 
shall  not   be 
placed  in 
street,   except. 


Fuel  not  to 
remain   unneces- 
sarily  on 
sidewalk. 


Snow  or  ice 
thrown   in 
street   shall   be 
broken   up. 


SECT.  19.  No  person  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  melting 
snow  on  the  tracks  or  rails  of  a  street  railway,  sprinkle  any 
salt  or  other  article  of  a  decomposing  nature  thereon  or  cause 
or  allow  such  sprinkling  to  be  done;  nor  shall  any  person  for 
such  purpose  wash  street  railway  tracks  or  rails  or  cause  them 
to  be  washed  with  brine  or  pickle  except  by  the  written  per- 
mission of  the  superintendent  of  streets. 

SECT.  20.  No  person  shall  deposit  in  any  street  except  as 
herein  otherwise  provided,  any  dead  shrub  or  tree,  trimmings 
of  shrubs  or  trees,  post,  pole  or  other  article,  earth  from 
cellars,  or  any  rubbish,  unless  the  same  shall  be  immediately 
removed  therefrom,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  other  per- 
son making  such  deposit ;  provided,  that  during  the  months  of 
April,  May  and  November  in  each  year,  owners  or  occupants 
of  premises  may,  on  twenty-four  hours'  notice  to  the  super- 
intendent of  streets,  obtain  the  removal  of  such  dead  shrubs 
and  trees  or  trimmings  of  shrubs  rind  trees  as  may  have  ac- 
cumulated therein,  the  same  being  deposited  in  the  street 
against  the  sidewalk  adjoining  said  premises. 

SECT.  21.  No  person  shall  suffer  his  fire-wood,  coal  or 
other  fuel,  in  any  quantity,  to  remain  unnecessarily  in  any 
street  over-night,  or  after  twilight  in  the  evening.  If  the  same 
must,  of  necessity,  remain  after  twilight,  or  through  the  night, 
the  owner  thereof  shall  place  and  keep  a  sufficient  light  over 
or  near  the  same  through  the  night,  in  order  to  give  notice 
thereof  to  travellers. 

SECT.  22.  Whoever  throws  or  puts,  or  causes  to  be  thrown 
or  put  into  any  street,  any  snow  or  ice,  shall  cause  the  same  to 
be  broken  into  small  pieces  and  spread  evenly  over  the  surface 
of  such  street.  But  no  snow  or  ice  shall  be  thrown  or  put 
into  any  street  or  upon  any  bridge,  contrary  to  the  orders  of 
the  superintendent  of  streets. 


Sidewalks,   by 
whom  to  be  kept 
in  repair. 


Sidewalks. 

SECT.  23.  All  sidewalks  shall  be  kept  in  repair  at  the 
expense  of  the  city;  provided,  however,  that  all  such  repairs 
of  the  same  as  shall  be  rendered  necessary  by  any  act  of  the 
owner  or  occupant  of  the  adjoining  land  or  by  any  defect  in 
the  buildings  thereon  or  by  any  other  cause  under  the  control 
of  such  owner  or  occupant,  shall  be  made  by  such  owner  or 
occupant ;  and  if  he  neglects  ta  make  such  repairs,  the  same 
shall  be  made  by  the  city,  at  his  expense. 


ClIAP.  25.]  STUKKT.  167 


SECT.  24.     The  city  clerk  shall  enter,  in  a  book  kept  for  the  Recora  of 

'  t  streets   and 

purpose,  the  names  of  all  the  streets  in  the  city,  alphabetically  sidewalks. 
arranged  ;   and   also   a  list  of   all   sidewalks,   the   date   of  the 
acceptance,   and   the   names   of   the   owners   of   the   adjacent 
estates. 

SECT.  25.  No  person  shall  place  upon  any  sidewalk  any 
board  or  plank  walk,  without  first  obtaining  a  written  license 
from  the  superintendent  of  streets  authorized  by  the  board  of 
aldermen  ;  and  walks  hereafter  laid  under  authority  of  such 
license  shall  be  not  less  than  three  feet  wide,  and  made  in 
sections  not  more  than  twelve  feet  long,  of  spruce  or  pine 
lumber,  of  uniform  thickness  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more 
than  two  inches  ;  and  each  section  shall  be  cross-tied  every 
three  feet  in  length,  with  two  by  four-inch  joist.  Such  walks 
shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  a  plan  in  the  office  of 
the  city  engineer,  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor, 
and  shall  be  removed  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  board 
of  aldermen  public  safety  and  convenience  requires  such 
removal  ;  provided,  that  exceptions  may  be  made  in  relation 
to  the  requirement  concerning  the  width  of  plank  walks,  in 
cases  where  the  sidewalk  is  too  narrow  to  admit  of  the  pre- 
scribed width  and  in  such  cases  the  board  of  aldermen  may 
make  and  allow  any  necessary  change. 

Plank  walks,  authorized  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be 
laid  and  kept  in  proper  condition  by  the  respective  owners 
thereof,  and  the  same  shall  be  taken  up  by  such  owners  during 
the  spring  months  whenever  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall 
so  direct. 

SECT.  26.  Xo  person  shall  make,  or  cause  to  be  'made,  any  coai-hoio.?, 
aperture  in  or  under  any  street  or  sidewalk,  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  a  coal  hole,  or  receptacle  for  any  other  article,  or 
for  light  and  air,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  without  the  license 
of  the  superintendent  of  streets  auhorized  by  the  board  of 
aldermen  ;  and  no  person  shall  leave  such  coal  hole  or  aperture 
open  or  unfastened,  except  while  actually  in  use.  Xo  coal  hole  size  of 
in  a  sidewalk  shall  be  made  or  maintained  more  than  eighteen 
inches  in  diameter,  nor  excepting  the  cover  therefor  is  made 
of  iron  with  a  rough  upper  surface  and  with  three  or  more 
iron  rods  or  legs  at  least  two  feet  in  length  fitting  closely  to  Rind  of  coycr 
the  under  side  of  the  cover,  and  so  constructed  that  while  the 
cover  can  be  lifted  perpendicularly,  it  cannot  be  tipped  or 
easily  removed  from  the  opening. 

SECT.  27.     Xo  person  shall  insert  a  sign  in  a  sidewalk  with- 


168 


OKI)  IX. \XCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Signs  shall   not 
be  placed  in 
sidewalks. 

Conductors 
from  roof  shall 
not   direct   water 
on  sidewa'k. 


Ashes  anc! 
other  house  dirt, 
removal    oi. 


Snow  shall  be 
removed  from 
sidewalks. 


out  the  permission  of  the  superintendent  of  streets  authorized 
by  the  board  of  aldermen ;  and  no  person  shall  permit  a  leader 
or  conductor  from  the  roof  of  a  building  owned  by  him  to  be 
so  placed  or  maintained  as  to  direct  a  volume  of  water  upon 
or  across  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk. 

:-2  SECT.  28.  Whoever  desires  the  removal  of  ashes  ac- 
cumulated from  the  burning  of  materials  for  heating  or 
domestic  purposes  only,  and  other  waste  house  dirt,  not  includ- 
ing house  offal,  waste  paper  and  other  light  material,  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  put  in  suitable  boxes  or  barrels  and  set  in 
an  easily  accessible  place  in  the  yard  adjoining  the  premises, 
or  if  there  is  no  yard  to  the  premises,  then  such  boxes  or 
barrels  shall  be  placed  upon  the  sidewalk  only  on  the  morning 
of  the  day  of  collection,  and  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall 
cause  such  removal  to  be  made  at  least  once  in  each  week,  on 
stated  days  for  different  portions  of  the  city;  but  such  boxes 
or  barrels  shall  not  be  placed  upon  any  sidewalk  so  as  unneces- 
sarily to  prevent  the  convenient  use  thereof  by  travellers. 
Whoever  desires  the  removal  of  waste  paper  and  other  light 
material  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  put  in  suitable  receptacles 
and  separate  from  the  ashes  and  other  house  dirt,  and  set  as 
provided  in  the  case  of  ashes  and  other  house  dirt,  and  the 
same  shall  be  removed  by  the  superintendent  of  streets.  Xo 
owner  or  occupant  of  land  shall  permit  waste  paper  or  light 
material  to  escape  upon  the  highways  of  the  city.  Wherever 
there  is  a  convenient  driveway  into  a  yard  connected  with  any 
dwelling-house  the  superintendent  of  streets  may.  at  his  con- 
venience and  upon  reasonable  notice,  cause  the  city  teams  to 
be  driven  into  such  yard  and  to  remove  therefrom  the  ashes 
and  rubbish  before  mentioned  that  may  be  accumulated  there- 
in, at  the  times  hereinbefore  specified. 

SECT.  29.  The  tenant  or  occupant,  or  any  person  having 
the  care  of  a  building  or  lot  of  land  bordering  on  a  street 
where  there  is  a  sidewalk  or  footway,  or,  if  there  is  no  tenant, 
occupant  or  other  person  having  the  care  of  the  whole  of  such 
building  or  lot,  the  owner  thereof,  shall,  within  twelve  hours 
after  snow  ceases  to  fall  in  the  daytime,  and  before  one  o'clock 
on  the  afternoon  after  a  fall  of  snow  during  the  night,  cause 
all  snow  that  may  be  on  such  sidewalk  or  footway  to  be 
removed  therefrom ;  and  if  he  fails  so  to  do,  he  shall  be  liable 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  ; 


1  Amended    April    4.    1900. 
-  Amended   .Tune  L'tJ.   1000. 


CHAP.  26.]  STUKKT.  169 

and   for  each  and  every  hour  thereafter  during  which   such 

snow  remains  on  such  sidewalk  or  footway,  he  shall  be  liable 

to  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten   p^g^'jy  §  7 

dollars.     The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  to  snow 

which  falls  from  buildings  as  well  as  to  that  which  falls  from 

the  clouds. 

SKIT.  30.     \Yhen  any  portion  of  a  sidewalk  is  encumbered   ice  to  be 

,        .  ,        removed  trotn 

with   ice,  the  tenant  or  occupant,  or   any  person  having  the   sidewalk  or 

-     ,  ....  f  .  «'•'..  1-1          11  covered   with 

care  of  the  building  or  lot  of  land  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  or,  sand,  etc. 
in  case  there  is  no  tenant,  occupant  or  other  person  having  the 
care  of  the  whole  of  such  building  or  lot,  the  owner  thereof 
shall  cause  such  sidewalk  to  be  made  safe  and  convenient  by 
removing  the  ice  therefrom,  or  by  keeping  the  same  covered 
with  sand  or  some  other  suitable  substance;  and  if  such  tenant, 
occupant,  owner,  or  other  person  neglects  so  to  do  for  the  space 
of  six  hours  during  the  daytime,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and  to  a  like  ] 
penalty  for  each  and  every  succeeding  day  during  which  such 
sidewalk  continues  to  be  so  encumbered. 

SECT.  31.     When  a  tenement-house  or  other  building  is  used    Removal  of  snow 
or  occupied  by  more  than  one  tenant,  the  owner  or  person   more  thau'one 
having  the  care  of  such  house  or  building  shall  cause  the  snow   * 


and  ice  to  be  removed  from  the  sidewalk  or  footway  adjoining 
such  house  or  building,  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  two  pre- 
ceding sections,  and  in  default  thereof  shall  be  liable  to  the   penalty. 
same  penalties  as  are  therein  provided. 

SECT.  32.     Any  person  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  sec-   person 
tions  ten  and  eleven  of  this  chapter,  whenever  so  ordered  by  J.^Smber  Street 
the  mayor  or  the   superintendent  of   streets,   shall   erect  and  temppSry^Jld** 
maintain  in  good  condition,  day  and  night,  a  temporary  side-    walk- 
walk  abutting  upon  that  part  of  the  street  which  he  is  licensed 
to  use  and  obstruct,  not  less  than  three  feet  in  width,  made  of 
sound  planks  not  less  than  five  inches  wide  and  one  and  a  half 
inches  thick,'  spaced  apart  one-half  an  inch,  securely  fastened 
to  cross-bearers  not  less  than  four  inches  square,  and  placed  at 
intervals  not  exceeding  four  feet.     Such  walk  is  to  be  properly 
levelled  and  made,  and  kept  safe  and  convenient  for  travellers. 
Such  walk  may  be  laid  in  sections  not  less  than  eight  feet  in 
length. 

SECT.   3}.     Xo    canopy,    awning,    shade,    shade-frame    or  Awnings, 

00  shades.  ?rc. 

shade-curtain,  unless  constructed  of  cloth  of  canvas  attached    r.  s.  c.  is  §  24. 
to  an  iron  frame,  securely  fastened  and  supported  from  above, 


170 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Person   main- 
taining any  coal 
hole  or  other 
excavation  under 
any  part  of  a 
street,   or   pole 
•wire,   conduit, 
etc.,   shall  save 
the  city  harmless 
from  a'll  loss,  etc. 


Surveyor  of 
highways. 


and  no  part  less  than  1  seven  feet  above  the  level  of  the  side- 
walk over  which  it  is  placed,  shall  hereafter  be  erected  or 
maintained  within  the  limits  of  any  street,  without  permission 
of  the  superintendent  of  streets  authorized  by  the  board  of 
aldermen.2  And  no  clothes  dryer  or  clothes  line,  and  no  clothes 
or  garment  shall  be  hereafter  placed  or  hung  over  a  sidewalk 
or  within  the  limits  of  any  street  without  such  permission.  All 
permissions  given  under  this  section  shall  be  in  writing,  signed 
by  the  superintendent  of  streets. 

SECT.  34.  Every  owner  of  an  estate  hereafter  maintaining 
any  cellar,  vault,  coal  hole  or  other  excavation  under  the  part 
of  the  street  adjacent  to,  or  which  is  a  part  of,  his  estate,  shall 
do  so  only  on  condition  that  such  maintenance  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  an  agreement  on  his  part  to  hold  the  city  harmless 
from  any  claim  for  damages  to  himself  or  the  occupants  of 
said  estate  resulting  from  gas,  sewage  or  water  leaking  into 
such  excavation,  and  every  such  owner,  and  every  owner  main- 
taining a  post,  pole  or  other  structure  in  or  over  a  street,  or  a 
wire,  pipe,  conduit  or  other  structure  under  a  street,  shall  do 
so  only  on  the  condition  that  such  maintenance  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  an  agreement  on  his  part  to  keep  the  same  and  the 
covers  thereof  in  good  repair  and  condition,  at  all  times  during 
his  ownership,  and  to  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city 
against  any  and  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  or  compensation 
which  it  may  sustain,  or  be  required  to  pay  by  reason  of  such 
excavation  or  structure  being  over,  under,  or  in  the  street,  or 
being  out  of  repair  during  his  ownership,  or  by  reason  of  any 
cover  of  the  same  being  out  of  repair  or  unfastened  during  his 
ownership. 

Poivers  of  Surveyor  of  Highways. 

SECT.  35.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  not  be  taken 
or  construed  as  limiting  in  any  manner  the  legal  rights  and 
duties  of  the  surveyor  of  highways  to  order  such  alterations 
and  repairs  in  streets  as  he  may  deem  that  the  safety  and  con- 
venience of  the  inhabitants  require 


5  Amended  June  16,  1898. 
2  Amended  June  30,  1893. 


CHAP.  26.]  TREASURY.  171 


CHAPTER  26. 

TREASURY. 

SECTION  i.     The  treasury  department  and  the  collection  of  Treasury 

1f    department  to 

taxes  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  city  treasurer,  who  shall  be  in  charge  of 
be  ex  officio  the  collector  of  taxes.    He  shall  hold  his  office  for 

1  Appointment. 

the  term  of  one  year,  irom  the  first  day  of  March  in  the  year  s.  1891,  c.  364, 

*  S    9O 

of  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  quali- 
fied.    He   shall   receive,   receipt   for  and  have   the  care   a'nd  duties, 
custody  of  the  current  funds  of  the  city  and  also  of  all  moneys,   §§28,  123.7' 
property  and  securities  which  may  be  in  his  charge  by  virtue 
of  any  statute  or  ordinance,  or  by  virtue  of  any  gift,  devise, 
bequest  or  deposit.     He  shall   negotiate  all  loans  authorized 
by  the  city  council,  and  shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes  and  certifi- 
cates of  indebtedness  issued  for  loans  to  the  city,  authorized 
by  the  city  council.     As  collector  of  taxes  he  shall  have  all 
special  powers  conferred  on  a  treasurer  appointed  collector  by 

a  vote  of  the  citv  council.     He  may  be  elected  by  the  board  of   H«  may  be 

1     ~T-  <•   elected 

commissioners  ot  sinking  funds,  to  serve  as  the  treasurer  of   treasurer  of 

commissioners 

said  board,  and  in  such  case  shall  receive  in  addition  to  his   of  sinking  fund. 

,.        ,    ,  .  ,      ~  P.  S.  c.  29.  §  10. 

salary  the  salary  fixed  for  said  office. 

Whenever  the  office  of  city  treasurer  shall  be  vacant,  the   Vacancy, 
city  council  shall  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  same  manner  as  pro- 
vided for  the  annual  election. 

SECT.  2.     The   treasurer   shall   pay   all   drafts,   checks   and   Shnii  pay  ail 
orders  directed  to  him  from  the  auditing  department  as  pro- 
vided by  ordinance,  for  the  payment  of  demands  against  the 
city ;  shall,  on  presentation  pay  all  executions  against  the  city 
duly  certified  as  correct  by  the  city  solicitor;  also,  all  bonds 
issued  by  the  city,  and  the  interest  on  the  same  as  they  or  it 
becomes  due :  shall  cancel  all  bonds  and  coupons  and  immedi-   a{ia"0SJseel 
ately   transmit   to   the   city   auditor   the   bonds,   coupons   and 
executions  so  paid. 

SECT.  3.     The  treasurer  shall  use  and  apply  in  such  manner    *™$*ij'  etc- 
as  the  city  council  may  direct,  all  property,  money  and  securi-   §^^JeJ  30 
ties  in  his  possession  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year.     The 
financial  year  shall  begin  with  the  first  day  of  December  in 
each  vear.  §  36- 


172 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  26. 


Shall    receive 
money    foi    the 
care    of   kts    in 
Cambridge 
cemetery. 


Interest  on 
cemetery    fund. 


Receipts  from 
dog   licenses. 


Such   moneys 
to  be  added  to 
appropriation. 

Bond. 

P.  S.  c.  27, 

§§  91,  92,  105. 


In  case  of  death, 
etc.,  new  bond. 


Failure  to  give 
new   bond. 


Shall   collect  all 
rents,   water- 
rates,  etc. 


SECT.  4.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  and  have  the  care  and 
custody  of  all  sums  of  money  paid  by  persons  for  the  perpetual 
care  of  lots  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  and  give  the  vouchers 
of  the  city  therefor.  He  shall  notify  the  superintendent  of  the 
cemetery  of  all  such  payments  together  with  a  description  of 
the  lots  and  graves  on  account  of  which  such  payments  are 
made,  and  annually,  at  such  times  as  the  board  of  commission- 
ers of  the  Cambridge  cemetery  requests,  shall  pay  over  to  them 
six  per  centum  as  interest  upon  all  sums  so  paid  to  and 
receipted  for  by  him  previous  to  December  thirtieth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  eighty-five,  and  four  per  centum  upon  all  sums 
paid  to  and  receipted  for  him  thereafter.  He  shall  invest  such 
moneys  in  some  safe  manner,  and  pay  the  amount  of  interest 
realized  thereon  into  the  city  treasury.  The  fund  created  by 
such  payments  shall  be  denominated  "the  cemetery  fund  for 
the  perpetual  care  of  lots." 

SECT.  5.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  all  sums  of  money 
paid  under  the  provisions  of  the  one  hundred  and  seventh  sec- 
tion of  chapter  one  hundred  and  two  of  the  public  statutes  of 
the  commonwealth,  and  shall  forthwith  credit  the  amount  of 
such  money  to  the  appropriation  for  the  public  library. 

SECT.  6.  The  treasurer  shall  give  a  bond  in  such  form  as 
the  city  solicitor  shall  approve,  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  be 
approved  by  the  mayor  in  a  sum  not  less  than  forty  thousand 
dollars,  which  bond  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered 
before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten 
days  after  his  election.  Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond 
within  the  time  herein  required,  the  election  shall  be  void  and  a 
new  election  shall  be  had  forthwith.  In  case  of  the  death  or 
insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties  on  any  bond  so  given,  the 
treasurer  shall  immediately  notify  the  mayor  and  give  a  new 
bond  with  sufficient  sureties  or  surety,  which  new  bond  shall 
be  a  strengthening  bond,  unless  the  sureties  on  former  bond 
are  expressly  released  from  further  liability  by  order  of  the 
city  council ;  and  if  he  fails  to  give  such  new  bond  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so.  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause 
for  removal  from  office. 

SECT.  7.  The  treasurer  shall  be  the  collector  of  all  rents, 
water-rates  and  other  sums  payable  to  the  city,  not  otherwise 
specially  provided  for.  He  shall,  in  the  month  of  April  in 
each  year,  notify  all  persons  assessed  for  the  use  of  water  that 
the  annual  bills  for  water-rates  are  due  and  payable  at  his 


CHAP.  26.]  TREASURY.  173 

office  on  the  first  day  of  May ;  and  he  shall  give  notice  of  and 

collect  all  other  bills  on  account  of  the  water-works,  which   Shan  report  daily 

receipts  to  water 

may,  irom  time  to  time,  be  placed  in  his  hands  by  the  water   registrar, 
registrar.     He  shall  supply  to  the  water  registrar  daily,  a  true 
record  of  his  receipts  on  account  of  the  water-works,  with  the 
number  and  amount  oi  each  bill  collected. 

SECT.  8.     He  shall  keep,  in  books  provided  for  that  pur-   fjjjj^15^1*  a 
pose,  an  accurate  and  true  account  of  all  his  receipts  and  pay-   receipts  and 

r   J      payments. 

ments   as  city  treasurer  and  collector  of   taxes,  making  the 

same  conform  as  nearly  as  may  be  with  the  accounts  kept  by 

the  city  auditor.     He  shall  credit  each  department  or  account 

with  all  sums  received  on  its  account  and  shall  charge  to  each 

all  sums  paid  out  on  such  accounts.     He  shall  not  pay  any 

money  out  of  the  treasury  except  upon  orders  of  the  mayor 

drawn  in  the  form  prescribed  in  chapter  four,  section  three,  or 

except  for  special  purposes  as  provided  in  the  fifth  and  sixth 

sections   of   that   chapter.      He   shall   annually,   in   December,   Annual  report. 

report  to  the  city  council  a  written  statement,   in  detail,  of 

receipts    and    expenditures    for    the    year    ending    November 

thirtieth   and   submit   a   copy  thereof   to  the  mayor  and   the 

finance  committee. 

SECT.  9.  He  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  report  f^"^?^  to 
to  the  auditor  a  written  statement,  in  detail,  of  all  his  collec-  monthly, 
tions,  receipts  and  disbursements  during  the  preceding  month, 
with  the  names  of  persons  of,  or  to  whom  and  on  what  account 
the  same  were  received  or  paid.  It  shall  be  sufficient,  in  report- 
ing the  receipts  for  taxes,  assessments  and  water-rates,  to  state 
the  amount  received,  and  the  particular  warrant,  assessment 
or  account  upon  which  the  collection  was  made.  He  shall  also 
report  a  true  record  of  all  discounts,  abatements  and  repay- 
ments allowed  during  the  month  on  taxes,  assessments,  water- 
rates  or  other  accounts. 

SECT.   10.     Whenever   any    assessments    for   defraying   the   Sewer  and  side- 

e  j.-  •   •  e    walk   assessments. 

expenses  of  constructing  or  repairing  common  sewers,  or  of  p.  s.  c.  50, 
completing  sidewalks,  are  delivered  to  the  treasurer  for  col- 
lection, he  shall  forthwith  make  a  demand  in  writing  for  the 
payment  of  said  assessments;  and,  if  any  such  assessments 
remain  unpaid  for  three  months  after  such  demand,  and  no 
notice  of  apportionments,  or  request  therefor  be  filed  in  his 
office,  he  shall  collect  the  same  according  to  law.  Whenever  Payments  on 

„_,  .  mortgages. 

the  amount  due  and  payable  on  any  mortgage  belonging  to  the 
city  is  paid  to  the  treasurer,  he  shall  certify  the  same  forthwith 
to  the  mayor. 


174 


ORDIXAXCES. 


[CHAP.  26. 


Pay-rolls  of 
employee* 


Where  pa:d. 


Transportation 
of  pay-master. 


Salary  of 
treasurer. 


Fees,  etc.,  to 
be  paid  into 
the  treasury. 


Shall   report 
monthly   to   the 
auditor  all  fees, 
etc.,    received. 


To  be  reimbursed 
for  expenses 
incurred  in   col- 
lecting  taxes. 


Collection  of 

taxes. 

S.  1892,  c.  168. 

S.  1888,  c.  390. 


SECT.  ii.  After  heads  of  departments  shall  have  furnished 
weekly  pay-rolls  of  such  employees  in  their  respective  depart- 
ments as  are  entitled  by  law  to  be  paid  weekly,  and  shall  have 
furnished  monthly  pay-rolls  for  all  other  employees  stating  the 
name  and  residence  of  each  employee,  the  time  for  which  pay- 
ment is  to  be  made,  the  rate  of  wages  and  the  amount  due  him, 
and  after  such  pay-rolls  shall  have  been  properly  approved  and 
certified,  the  treasurer  shall,  in  person,  or  by  his  clerk,  make 
payment  to  such  employee,  his  authorized  agent  or  attorney, 
and  shall  take  therefor  the  receipt  of  no  other  person  than  such 
employee,  agent  or  attorney.  The  treasurer  shall  pay  all  em- 
ployees of  the  city,  whose  names  are  borne  upon  such  pay- 
rolls, either  in  person  at  the  city  hall,  or  by  sending  a 'clerk  or 
paymaster  to  pay  such  persons  at  the  place  where  they  are 
employed.  He  may  also  make  the  necessary  arrangements  for 
the  transportation  of  such  clerk  or  pay-master  to  the  place  as 
aforesaid. 

SECT.  12.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the 
city  council  shall  from  time  to  time  determine,  which  shall  be 
in  full  compensation  for  all  services  rendered  in  his  official 
capacity  as  city  treasurer  and  collector  of  taxes.  All  fees, 
charges  and  commissions  of  every  kind  allowed  by  law,  for  the 
collection  of  taxes,  betterments,  rates  and  assessments  of  every 
kind,  to  the  treasurer  and  collector  of  taxes  shall  be  collected 
and  paid  by  him  into  the  treasury,  and  shall  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  city.  At  the  end  of  each  month  he  shall  make  and 
give  to  the  auditor  a  written  statement,  subscribed  by  him,  of 
all  fees,  charges,  costs  and  commissions  of  every  kind  and 
description,  allowed  by  law  and  received  by  him  or  any  deputy 
collector  acting  under  authority  of  law  by  his  appointment,  for 
collection  of  taxes,  rates,  betterments,  assessments  or  other- 
wise, during  that  month ;  and  shall  certify  thereon  that  all 
moneys  so  received  by  him  or  them  have  been  paid  into  the 
treasury.  He  shall  be  allowed  such  reasonable  sums,  from 
time  to  time,  as  will  reimburse  him  for  expenses  necessarily 
incurred  in  the  employment  of  deputy  collectors,  sheriffs, 
deputy  sheriffs  or  constables,  in  the  collection  of  poll  or  per- 
sonal taxes. 

SECT.  13.  The  treasurer  shall,  as  soon  as  possible  after  re- 
ceiving any  tax  list  and  warrant,  send  a  notice  to  each  person 
assessed,  resident  and  non-resident,  of  the  amount  of  his  tax. 
If  he  shall  send  such  notice  through  the  mail  he  shall  postpay 
and  direct  the  same  to  the  city  or  town  which  was  the  place  of 


[CifAP.  26. 


TUKASrUV. 


175 


residence  of  such  person  on  the  first  day  of  May  of  the  year  in 
which  the  tax  was  assessed,  and  if  to  a  resident  of  this  city, 
shall  direct  it  to  the  street  and  number  of  his  residence,  if 
possible. 

SECT.  14.  When  the  treasurer  receives  from  the  assessors 
tax  lists  for  poll  taxes  assessed  on  persons  who  are  assessed  for 
a  poll  tax  only,  lie  shall  immediately  send  a  notice  to  each  per- 
son so  assessed,  and  if  he  shall  send  such  a  notice  through  the 
mail  he  shall  postpay  and  direct  the  same  as  in  the  case  of  the 
notice  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section.  If  such  poll  tax 
be  not  paid  at  once,  the  treasurer  shall  forthwith  proceed  to 
collect  the  same  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  laws  of  the 
commonwealth  for  the  collection  of  taxes  from  delinquents. 

SECT.  15.  Upon  all  taxes  remaining  unpaid  upon  the  tenth 
day  of  October,  interest  shall  be  charged  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
cent,  per  annum,  and  on  the  first  day  of  November  the  treas- 
urer shall  issue  his  summons  to  all  delinquents,  that,  if  their 
taxes  are  not  paid  within  ten  days  from  the  date  thereof,  with 
twenty  cents  for  said  summons,  he  will  then  proceed  to  collect 
the  same  according  to  law ;  and  he  shall  give  notice  by  attach- 
ing this  section  to  all  tax  bills. 

SECT.  16.  The  treasurer  shall,  during  the  first  week  of  each 
month,  render  to  the  mayor  a  statement  of  his -receipts  and 
payments  for  the  month  preceding,  together  with  a  summary 
of  the  items  of  his  receipts  and  payments  for  the  current 
financial  year  up  to  the  close  of  the  preceding  month. 


Collection  of 

poll  tax. 

P.  S.  c.  12,  §  2. 


Rates  of 
interest,  on 
unpaid  taxes. 


Summonses 

for  unpaid  taxes. 


Shall   render   a 
monthly    state- 
ment to  the 
mayor. 


176 


ORDINANCES, 


[CHAP.   27. 


Water-works  de- 
partment to  be  in 
charge   of  the 
water   board. 
1891,  c.  364, 
§§  9,  10. 


Appointment  and 
term  of  office. 


President. 


Clerk. 


Powers  ol' 
board. 


CHAPTER  27. 

WATER-WORKS. 

SECTION  i.  The  water- works  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  Cambridge  Water  Board,  which  shall  consist  of 
five  persons,  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  the  con- 
firmation of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

The  mayor  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  appoint 
subject  to  the  confirmation  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  one  per- 
son to  be  a  member  of  the  water  board,-  who  shall  hold  office 
for  the  term  of  five  years  from  the  3Oth  day  of  June  in  the 
year  of  his  appointment.  A  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the  same 
manner,  and  the  person  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  hold 
office  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  for  which  his  predecessor 
was  appointed.  Said  members  shall,  in  addition  to  the  above 
term,  hold  office  until  others  are  appointed  in  their  places.  No 
member  of  the  city  council  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  this 
board. 

SECT.  2.  The  president  of  the  water  board  shall  be  elected 
by  the  board,  and  shall  be  one  of  the  persons  appointed  as  pro- 
vided in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter.  The  board  may 
choose  a  clerk,  and  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  its 
own  government  and  in  relation  to  all  its  officers  as  may  be 
deemed  expedient. 

SECT.  3.  The  board,  so  constituted  and  organized,  shall 
have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  vested  in  the  city  council 
by  the  legislature,  by  the  one  hundred  and  fifty-third  chapter 
of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  and  by 
the  one  hundred  and  sixty-fifth  chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy  five,  and  by  the  two  hundred 
and  fifty-sixth  chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  eighty-four,  and  by  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-sev- 
enth chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
eighty-eight,  and  by  any  acts  in  addition  to  any  of  said  acts, 
so  far  as  the  same  can  be  legally  delegated ;  and  it  may  appoint 
a  achief  superintendent,  water  registrar,  and  all  other  subor- 
dinate agents  and  assistants,  and  fix  their  compensation  and 


'Amended  Jan.   10,  1914. 


CHAP.   27.]  WATER-WORKS.  177 

that  of  the  clerk  before  mentioned  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  committee  on  finance,1  excepting  those  for  police  service. 
When  such  services  are  required,  the  water  board  shall  apply 
to  the  chief  of  police  for  a  detail  of  as  many  officers  as  it  re- 
quires for  patrol  service  in  Cambridge,  and  while  in  the  em- 
ploy of  said  board  the  said  officers  shall  be  under  the  control 
of  the  water  board,  and  shall  be  paid  by  said  board. 

SECT.  4.  The  board,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  De- 
cember in  each  year,  shaft  present  to  the  city  council  a  report 
containing  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  all  the  water-works 
and  of  the  lands  and  other  property  connected  therewith  with 
an  account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  schedule  of 
property  on  hand,  together  with  any  information  or  sugges- 
tions which  it  may  deem  important ;  and  shall  at  the  same 
time  transmit  to  the  city  council  the  reports  of  the  2chief 
superintendent. 

SECT.  5.    The  board  may  sell  such  of  the  personal  property  Mra0ye^n  Personal 
connected  with  the  water-works  as  it  may  deem  expedient,  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

SECT.  6.     The  president  of  the  board  shall  exercise  a  general  Duties   of 

f    president. 

supervision  over  all  the  water-works,  and  the  materials  and 
property  connected  therewith,  and  over  all  subordinate  officers 
and  agents.  In  case  of  his  absence  or  inability,  his  duties  may 
be  performed  by  a  president  pro  tempore,  to  be  chosen  by 
the  board. 

SECT.  7.  The  board  shall  have  full  power  to  make  all  neces-  ^terworks°"  °f 
sary  repairs,  extensions  or  improvements  on  said  works,  and 
to  provide  new  supply-pipes.  All  hydrants,  stand-pipes  and  Hydrants  of  city, 
drinking  fountains,  established  by  the  city,  shall  be  con- 
structed, and  all  repairs  upon  such  hydrants,  stand-pipes  and 
drinking  fountains  made,  and  the  streets,  when  broken  up, 
shall  be  again  put  in  good  order,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
superintendent  of  streets,  by  and  under  the  direction  of  the 
water  board.  The  board  shall  have  no  power  to  expend  any 
money,  or  to  incur  any  debt,  beyond  the  amount  of  appropria- 
tions made  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  8.    No  member  of  the  board,  and  no  person  appointed  Members  of  board, 

.  ...       etc.,   not  be  be 

to  any  omce  or  employed  by  virtue  of  this  chapter,  or  of  the  interested  in 
acts  of  the  legislature  mentioned  in  the  third  section  of  this 
chapter,  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  con- 
tract,  bargain,   sale  or  agreement,   in   relation   to   the   water- 
works, or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  wherein 

1  Amended    March    10,    1911. 
=  Amended  Jan.   10.  l'.H4. 


178 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.    27. 


Water-rates. 


Chief 
Superintendent. 


His    duties. 


Water    registrar. 
Duties. 


Supervision. 


Receipts. 


Interest. 


the  city  is  interested ;  and  any  and  all  contracts,  bargains, 
sales  or  agreements,  made  in  violation  of  this  section,  shall 
be  void  as  to  the  city. 

SECT.  9.  The  board  shall  determine  and  assess  the  water- 
rates  according  to  the  tariff  of  rates  adopted  by  the  city  coun- 
cil, and  shall  have  power  to  establish  such  regulations  as  it 
may  deem  expedient  for  the  introduction  and  use  of  water ; 
and  the  water  shall  not  be  supplied  to  any  building  unless  the 
pipes  and  fixtures  are  made  conformable  to  such  regulations. 

^ECT.  10.  The  board  shall  annually  and  upon  the  occurrence 
of  a  vacancy,  appoint  a  general  or  chief  superintendent,  who 
shall  be  a  citizen  of  Cambridge,  and  who  shall  hold  office 
subject  to  removal  by  the  board,  and  who  shall  perform  his 
duties  under  the  direction  of  the  board.  He  shall  have  gen- 
eral control  of  all  persons  employed  in  the  department,  and 
shall  have  full  charge  of  the  aqueducts,  reservoirs,  storage 
basins  and  other  works  and  property  connected  with  the  water 
works  which  may  be  required  in  conveying  and  distributing 
water  to  the  city  and  its  inhabitants.  He  shall  annually  in 
the  first  week  in  December  present  to  the  board  a  report  of 
the  general  condition  of  the  works,  and  shall  perform  such 
further  services  in  relation  thereto  as  may  be  required  of  him 
by  the  board. 

SECT.  ii.  The  board  shall  annually  elect  a  water  registrar 
who  may  at  any  time  be  removed  by  the  board.  He  shall  per- 
form all  such  services  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the 
chief  superintendent.1 

SECT.  12.  The  chief  suprintendent1  under  the  direction 
of  the  board,  shall  cause  to  be  visited,  once  in  each  year,  all 
premises  where  the  water  is  taken,  and  shall  exercise  a  con- 
stant supervision  over  the  use  of  the  water. 

SECT.  13.  All  moneys  paid  into  the  treasury  on  account  of 
said  works  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  water  works, 
and  shall  not  be  paid  out  except  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section  and  chapter  four.  The  mayor  may  draw  his  draft  for 
all  sums  of  money  becoming  due  for  interest  on  the  Cambridge 
water  loan,  and  the  amounts  so  paid  shall  be  charged  to  the 
water-works.  The  treasurer  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the 
thirtieth  day  of  November,  pay  over  to  the  trustees  of  the 
sinking  funds,  provided  in  the  first  act  named  in  the  third 
section  of  this  chapter,  a  sum  not  less  than  three  and  one  half 
per  cent  of  the  par  value  of  the  then  outstanding  water  bonds. 


Amended  Jan.  10,  1914. 


THAI-.  27.]  WATER-WORKS.  179 


SECT.  14.  The  annual  rent  for  the  use  of  the  water  shall  be 
payable  in  advance  on  the  first  day  of  May  in  each  year.  All 
charges  for  specific  supplies  or  for  fractional  parts  of  the 
year  to  May  first,  shall  be  payable  in  advance  and  before  the 
water  is  let  on. 

SECT.  15.  In  all  cases  of  non-payment  of  the  water  rent  in 
thirty  days  after  the  same  is  due,  the  chief  superintendent2 
under  the  direction  of  the  water  board2  shall  cut  off  the  sup- 
ply ;  and  the  water  shall  not  again  be  let  on,  for  the  same 
occupant  or  owner,  except  upon  the  payment  also  of  the  whole 
amount  due2  together  with  costs  as  determined  by  the  water 
board;  provided,  that  in  case  of  specific  supplies  or  for  frac- 
tional parts  of  the  year,  when  the  water  has  been  let  on,  it 
may  be  cut  off  immediately  after  notice  given  at  the  place 
that  the  rent  is  not  paid,  and  may  be  let  on  again  upon  the 
conditions  before  mentioned.  And  the  foregoing  provisions 
shall  apply  when  two  or  more  parties  take  the  water  through 
the  same  service  pipes,  although  one  or  more  may  have  paid 
the  proportion  due  from  him  or  them. 

All  bills  for  water  furnished  by  meter  shall  be  payable  quar- 
terly; and  if  the  same  be  not  paid  within  twenty  days  after  the 
end  of  the  quarter,  the  registrar  shall  cut  off  the  supply  after 
sending  a  special  notice  that  the  water  will  be  so  cut  off  for 
non-payment. 

SECT.  1  6.    The  chief  superintendent,1  under  the  direction  of  Abatements. 
the  board,  may  make  abatements   in   the   water   rents   in  all 
proper  cases. 

SECT.  17.  The  chief  superintendent  shall  -cause  to  be  kept1  Records. 
suitable  books  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  names  of  all 
persons  who  take  the  water,  the  kind  of  building,  the  name 
and  number  of  the  street,  the  nature  of  the  use,  the  number 
of  takers  and  the  amount  charged,  and  amounts  of  abate- 
ments, which  shall  always  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
board,  and  any  committee  of  the  city  council. 

The  chief  superintendent1  shall,  at  the  end  of  each'  year,  Registrar's 

,11,  report. 

report  to  the  board,  — 

1.  The  amount  of  the  bills  sent  to  the  treasurer. 

2.  The  amount  of  the  abatements. 

3.  The  amount  of  the  uncollected  bills. 

SECT.  18.  No  person  shall  injure  any  public  pipe,  reservoir 
or  fire  hydrant  connected  with  the  water  works,  or  shall  break 

1  Amended  .Tan.   10.   1914. 

2  Amended  March  7,  1911. 


i8o 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.    27. 


Regulations 

relative  to   use 

of  water. 

P.   S.   c.   27, 

§§  16,   17. 

P.   S.   c.  28,  §  2. 


Takers  to  keep 
service    pipes 
in    repair,    etc. 


To   prevent 
waste,    etc. 


Pipes  inserted   by 
city    not    to    be 
altered,    except,   etc. 


and  enter  the  same,  or  draw  off  or  cause  to  be  removed,  any 
of  the  water  therefrom;  or  shall  turn  on  or  off  the  water  in 
any  such  water  pipe,  reservoir  or  fire  hydrant,  or  shall  make 
any  opening  or  connection  with  such  pipe,  reservoir  or  fire 
hydrant  or  remove  the  cover  of  any  hydrant  except 
in  case  of  fire,  without  the  license  or  permit  of  the 
water  board,  or  by  authority  of  the  mayor,  and  then  only 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  the  water-works, 
who  shall  provide  competent  men  to  perform  the  same;  and 
the  expense  thereof  shall  be  charged  to  the  person  or  depart- 
ment applying  for  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  19.  The  following  regulations  shall  be  considered 
a  part  of  the  contract  with  every  person  who  takes  the  water 
and  every  such  person,  by  taking  the  water,  shall  be  consid- 
ered to  express  his  consent  to  be  bound  thereby.  These  regu- 
lations shall  be  printed  upon  every  bill  for  water  rent,  and 
whenever  any  one  of  them  is  violated  (notwithstanding  two 
or  more  parties  may  receive  the  water  through  the  same  pipe), 
the  chief  superintendent,  under  the  direction  of  the  board1, 
shall  cause  the  water  to  be  cut  off,  and  it  shall  not  be  let  on 
again  except  upon  payment  of  two  dollars  and  all  chargeable 
rates ;  and  further,  in  case  of  any  such  violation,  the  board  may 
declare  forfeited  any  payment  made  for  the  water,  by  the 
person  committing  such  violation,  and  the  same  shall  there- 
upon be  forfeited. 

The  regulations  are  as  follows: — 

I.  All  persons  taking  the  water  shall,  at  their  own  expense, 
keep  the  service.-pipes  within  their  premises  in  good  repair 
and  protected  from  frost,  and  they  will  be  held  liable  for  all 
damage  which  may  result  from  their  failure  to  do  so. 

2..  They  shall  prevent  all  unnecessary  waste  of  water,  and 
there  shall  be  no  concealment  of  the  purposes  for  which 
it  is  used. 

3.  No  alteration  shall  be  made  in  any  of  the  pipes  or 
fixtures  inserted  by  the  city,  except  by  its  agents,  who  shall 
be  allowed  to  enter  the  premises  supplied,  to  examine  the  appa- 
ratus, and  to  ascertain  if  there  is  any  unnecessary  waste;  and 
no  plumber  or  other  person  shall  make  any  alteration  or  ex- 
tension of  the  pipes  in  any  house  or  on  any  premises  without 
first  giving  notice  to  the  chief  superintendent1  and  procuring  a 
written  permit  from  him  which  shall  be  returned  to  the  chief 
superintendent1  within  ten  days  after  the  completion  of  the 

1  Amended  Jan.  10,  1914. 


27.]  \\.\TKR-\VORKS.  l8l 

work,  endorsed  with  a  statement  of  all  fixtures  added  or  re- 
moved. Any  person  violating  this  regulation  shall  be  fined 
not  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

4.  No  water  shall  be  supplied  to  parties  not  entitled  to  the  water  not  to 
use    of    it    under    the    city    ordinances,    unless    by    special  other"  parties.*0 
permission. 

5.  Except    as   hereinafter   provided,    no   connection    of    a  Fountain, 
fountain  shall  be  made,  directly  or  indirectly,  with  the  water 

pipes  of  the  city.  Persons  desiring  water  for  fountain  pur- 
poses, shall  make  application  in  writing  to  the  board,  stating 
the  number  and  size  of  the  jets  to  be  used,  and  the  hours 
of  the  day  and  the  months  during  which  it  is  proposed  to  use 
the  same.  Upon  such  application  the  board  shall  fix  the  rate 
to  be  charged  to  the  applicant,  and  the  connection  with  the 
water  pipes  shall  be  made  by  and  under  the  direction  of  the 
superintendent ;  it  being  understood  and  agreed  that  the  water 
shall  be  employed  exclusively  for  fountain  purposes,  unless 
supplied  through  a  meter. 

6.  Whenever  on  account  of  non-occupancy  of  premises  or  Abatements  for 

r  vacancy   or  non- 

non-use  of  water  an  abatement  is  desired,  and  notice  thereof  use. 

is  given  at  the  office  of  the  chief  superintendent,1  while  the 
person  liable  for  the  water-rates  is  in  possession  of  the  prem- 
ises, the  water  shall  be  cut  off  by  an  employee  ^of  the  board 
and  an  abatement  made,  less  the  charge  of  one  dollar  for 
cutting  off;  provided,  that  such  seal-locks  as  may  be  adopted 
by  the  board  may  be  placed  upon  faucets  in  tenements  so 
connected  with  other  tenements  that  they  cannot  be  separately 
shut  off  in  the  street ;  but  they  shall  not  be  put  on  in  any 
house  that  can  be  so  shut  off  from  the  street,  except  for 
particular  fixtures. 

The  charge  for  putting  on  such  seal-locks  shall  be  established 
by  the  board.  Such  seal-locks  shall  not  be  taken  off  by  any 
one  except  an  employee  of  the  board,  on  penalty  of  forfeiting 
all  claims  for  allowance,  and  having  the  water  shut  off  from 
the  premises. 

7.  The  chief  superintendent1,  with  the  necessary  agents  arid  Ri*?ht  of  entry- 
assistants,  may  enter  the  premises  of  any  water-taker  to  exam- 
ine the  quantity  used,  and  the  manner  of  use,  and  to  cut  off 

the  water  for  non-payment  of  rents  and  fines,  or  for  any  vio- 
lation of  these  regulations. 

The  chief  superintendent1  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Water-rates   to 

be  changed  to 

board,  make  all  the  water-rate  charges,  excepting  charges  for  owner. 

1  Amended  Jan.  10,  1914. 


182 


ORDINANCES. 


[CllAP.    21. 


Penalty  for 
\vaste  of  water 
and  not     keeping 
service  pipes, 
etc..    in    good 
order. 


BoarJ    to    decide 
what  is   waste,  etc. 


Board    may 
restrict    use    of 
hand-hose. 


Registrar   to    make 
out    water    bills. 


metered  water,  to  the  owner  of  the  property,  and  in  every 
case  the  owner  shall  be  liable  for  the  water-rates,  except  where 
the  ownership  is  changed  after  water  is  shut  off  for  non- 
payment, in  which  case  the  new  owner  shall  be  liable  for  the 
water  rates  from  the  time  when  the  water  is  again  let  on. 

SECT.  20.  An  owner  or  occupant  of  premises  in  which 
water  furnished  by  the  city  is  used,  who  fails  to  keep  his 
service-pipes  and  fixtures  in  good  order,  and  neglects  to 
repair  the  same  within  three  days  after  they  have,  from  any 
cause,  become  defective,  or  who  neglects  to  shut  off  the  water 
after  using  it,  so  that  it  runs  to  waste,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine 
of  two  dollars;  and  if  such  fine  is  not  paid  within  two  days 
from  the  time  when  the  person  incurring  it  receives  notice 
that  he  is  liable  thereto,  the  water  shall  be  cut  off  from  his 
premises,  and  shall  not  be  let  on  again  until  the  waste  is 
stopped  and  the  fine  paid,  together  with  an  additional  sum  of 
two  dollars  for  cutting  off  and  letting  on  the  water;  and  in 
case  of  a  second  offence  during  the  same  year,  a  fine  of  four 
dollars  shall  be  imposed,  and  if  it  is  not  paid  within  two  days, 
as  aforesaid,  the  water  shall  be  cut  off,  and  shall  not  be  let  on 
again  until  the  cause  of  complaint  is  removed  and  the  fine 
paid,  together  with  two  dollars  for  cutting  off  and  letting  on 
the  water;  and  in  case  of  a  third  offence,  the  water  shall  be 
cut  off,  and  shall  not  be  let  on  again  except  by  a  vote  of  the 
board  and  the  payment  of  such  fine,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars, 
as  the  board  may  impose. 

SECT.  21.  The  board  shall  have  the  power  to  decide  what 
shall  be  considered  a  waste  or  improper  use  of  water,  and  to 
restrict  the  use  thereof  when  it  may  deem  it  necessary ;  and 
if  the  water-taker  refuses  or  neglects  to  comply  with  any 
order  of  the  board,  after  notice  given  to  him,  the  water  may 
be  cut  off,  and  shall  not  again  be  let  on,  except  by  a  vote  of 
the  board,  and  the  payment  of  such  fine,  not  exceeding  ten 
dollars,  as  the  board  may  impose. 

SECT.  22.  The  board  shall  have  the  power  to  restrict  the 
use  of  hand-hose  to  such  hours  of  the  day  as  it  may  deem 
necessary;  and  for  any  violation  of  such  restriction  the  occu- 
pant of  the  premises  shall  be  liable  to  the  penalties  imposed 
in  the  preceding  section  for  a  waste  or  improper  use  of  water. 

SECT.  23.  The  chief  superintendent  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  board,  cause  the  annual  bills  for  water  rates  to 
be  issued  and  delivered  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  April  in 


CHAP.  27.]  WATER-WORKS.  183 

each  year,  and  shall  make  out  bills  for  all  other  amounts  pay- 
able to  the  city  on  account  of  the  water-works,  and  deliver 
the  same  to  the  treasurer,  from  time  to  time,  as  they  may  be- 
come due.  All  the  bills  so  delivered  by  the  water  registrar 
shall  be  numbered  to  correspond  with  the  number  of  the  charge 
on  his  books. 

A  certificate  of  each  and  every  abatement  and  refund  shall 
be  furnished  by  the  registrar,  which  certificate  shall  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  treasurer,  and  shall  state  the  account  on  which 
it  is  allowed,  and  the  number  of  the  bill.  The  chief  superin-  J^^J  to 
tendent1  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  report  in  writ-  auditor,  etc. 
ing  to  the  auditor  the  amount  of  the  bills  of  each  class  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  for  collection,  and  also  the 
amount  abated  or  ordered  to  be  refunded,  during  the  preceding 
month.  2 Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the  water  registrar  that 
an  error  has  been  made  in  the  rates  charged  for  any  house 
or  tenement  whereby  a  larger  amount  has  been  charged  than 
is  required  by  section  24  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  cause  an 
abatement  certificate  to  be  made  for  the  amount  of  the  excess 
charged,  and  forthwith  transmit  the  same  to  the  city  treasurer, 
who  shall  send  a  corrected  notice  to  the  owner  or  the  person 
to  whom  the  rates  are  charged. ' 

3-4SECT.  24.     The  following  rates  shall  be  charged  annu- 
ally for  the  use  of  water,  namely : 

Dwelling  Houses. 

Per  Year   . 

Occupied  by  one  family  for  the  faucet       .  $4  oo  Rates  to  be 

J  charged    for 

For  each  additional  faucet,  to  be  used  by  the  same  water. 

family I    OO   Dwelling   houses. 

Each  wash  basin •       .  I  oo 

Each  set  wash  tub,  with  faucet  ...  I  oo 

When  a  house  is  occupied  by  more  than  one  family, 
—one  faucet  only  being  used  by  all.  for  each 
family 3  oo 

When  a  house  is  occupied  by  more  than  one  fam- 
ily, the  highest  rates  will  be  charged  for  each 
family  having  the  water  carried  into  their  part  of 
the  house. 

For   the   first  bath   tub 3  oo 

1  Amended  Jan.  10,  1914. 

2  Amended   June   6,   1901. 

3  Amended  Jan.  3,  1903. 

4  Amended  March  7,  1911. 


184 


ORDIXAXCKS. 


[CHAP.    27. 


Apartment 
houses  or 
family  hotels. 


Stores,  etc. 


Per  Year 

When  used  by  more  than  one  family,  for  each 
family  .......  $2  50 

For  each  additional  bath  tub 2  oo 

For  the  first  water  closet  (self -regulating)       .  2  oo 

When  used   by  more   than   one    family,   for   each 

family 2  oo 

For  each  additional  water  closet   (self-regulating)  i  oo 

For  each  water  closet,  not  self-regulating       .        .  15  oo 

When   used  by  more   than   one   family,   for   each 

family 10  oo 

Each  slop  closet 2  oo 

When  two  faucets  are  used,  one  for  hot  and  one 
for  cold  water,  both  emptying  into  one  vessel,  but 
one  charge  will  be  made  for  both,  and  the  same 
rule  applies  to  boarding  houses. 
Provided,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  charge  for  the 
use  of  water  by  a  private  family,  exclusive  of 
water  closet,  not  self -regulating,  hose  and  stable, 

be  more  than 13  oo 

And  including  stable  for  not  more  than  four  animals  20  oo 

And  including  use  of  hose  for  stable  for  not  more 
than  four  animals,  and  for  garden  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  feet 25  oo 

Apartment  Houses  or  Family  Hotels. 

For  the  use  of  water  in  apartment  houses  or  family  hotels 
which  are  arranged  in  suites  of  rooms  for  different  families, 
the  charge  to  each  tenement,  exclusive  of  water  closet  not  self 
closing,  shall  not  exceed  $11.00. 

(Apartment  houses  or  family  hotels,  so  called,  shall  be 
taken  to  mean  and  include  dwellings  constructed  especially 
for  and  occupied  by  two  or  more  families,  each  tenement 
being  arranged  in  flats  or  suits  of  rooms  connected,  and 
having  the  conveniences  of  a  distinct  house,  without  re- 
gard to  the  location  of  the  water  fixtures.  All  other 
dwellings  occupied  by  one  or  more  families  shall  be  classed 
under  the  head  of  dwelling  houses.) 

Lodging  and  Boarding  Houses. 
The  charge  shall  be  determined  by  meter. 

Stores,  etc. 

For  each  tenement  occupied  as  a  store,  warehouse 
or  office, $300 


CHAP.  L'7.1  WATER-WORKS.  185 

• 

Per  Year 

Where  two  or  more  such  tenements  are  supplied 
from  the  same  faucet,  each,  .  .  .  .  $2  50 

For  markets,  saloons,  workshops,  or  for  pur- 
poses not  included  in  any  other  classification, 
and  not  requiring  more  than  an  ordinary  sup- 
ply of  water  taken  from  one  faucet,  from 
$5-00  to 25  oo 

For  the  first  self-regulating  water  closet  or 
urinal  used  by  the  occupants  of  one  tenement 
only, 2  oo 

When  used  by  occupant  of  more  than  one  tene- 
ment, for  each 2  oo 

For  water  closet,  not  self-regulating,  for  single 
tenement, 15  oo 

Each  slop  closet, 2  oo 

For  water  closet,  not  self-regulating,  used  by 
occupant  of  more  than  one  tenement,  for 
each,  .  .  ...  .  .  .  .  10  oo 

For  each  additional  fixture,  one-half  of  the  above 
charges  shall  be  .added. 

Private  Stables. 

For  first  horse,     . -»-_  4  oo 

Each  additional  horse, 2  oo 

Each  cow, 2  oo 

Livery  and  Team  Stables. 
For  two  horses  or  less  number  kept  therein       .  4  oo 

For  each  horse  above  two, 2  oo 

The  above  includes  water  for  Washing  carriages, 

omnibuses  and  cars,  without  hose. 
Where  hose  is  used  in  any  stable,  an  addition 

will  be  made  to  the  above  charges,  as  follows : 

For  the  first  horse, 5  oo 

For  each  additional  horse, 50 

Hose. 

For  washing  windows  and  other  similar  uses, 
including  watering  gardens  of  less  than  5,000 
feet,  5  oo 

For  other  cases  arrangements  can  be  made  with 
the  water  board. 

Private  Garage. 
For  hose  used  for  washing  purposes,     ...  5  oo 


1 86  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.    27. 

* 

Public  Garage. 

The  charge  shall  be  determined  by  meter. 

The  water  board  shall  have  power  to  ascertain  by 
meter  the  quantity  of  water  used  in  any  case,  and  a  meter 
shall  be  applied  whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board, 
it  is  expedient.  The  charge  for  metered  water  shall  be  based 
on  annual  consumption ;  and  the  water  board  shall  deter- 
mine the  application  of  the  rates. 

The  rates  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  the  first  50,000  cubic  feet,  I5c  per  100  cubic  feet. 

From  50,000  to  200,000  cubic  feet,  12  cents  per  100  cubic 
feet. 

From  200,000  to  500,000  cubic  feet,  n  cents  per  100  cubic 
feet. 

From  500,000  to  5,000,000  cubic  feet,  8  cents  per  100  cubic 
feet. 

Over  5,000,000  cubic  feet,  jl/2  cents  per  100  cubic  feet. 

In  no  case,  however,  shall  the  minimum  charge  for 
metered  water  be  less  than  five  dollars  per  annum. 

The  foregoing  rates  shall  be  subject  to  amendment  and 
revision  by  the  city  council  at  any  time  without  further  notice. 

All  water  passing  through  a  meter  will  be  charged  for, 
whether  used  or  wasted. 

If  a  meter  gets  out  of  order  and  fails  to  register,  the 
consumer  shall  be  charged  at  the  average  daily  consump- 
tion as  shown  by  the  meter  when  in  order. 

All  charges  for  metered  water  shall  be  made  to  the  own- 
ers of  the  property. 

The  revised  schedule  for  all  metered  premises  to  take 
effect  April  i,  1911.  The  revised  schedule,  for  all  un- 
metered  premises  to  take  effect  May  I,  1911. 

All  bills  for  water  furnished  by  meters  shall  be  payable 
quarterly  at  the  office  of  the  city  treasurer ;  .and  if  the  same 
be  not  paid  within  thirty  days  after  the  end  of  the  quar- 
ter, the  chief  superintendent,1  under  the  direction  of  the 
water  board,  is  instructed  to  cut  off  the  supply,  after  send- 
ing a  special  notice  that  the  water  will  be  cut  off  for  non- 
payment, and  the  water  shall  not  again  be  let  on  for  the  same 
occupant  or  owner,  except  upon  the  payment  of  the  whole 
amount  due,  together  with  costs  as  determined  by  the  water 
board. 

\Yhen   water   is   required    for    purposes    which   are   not 

-  Amended   Jan.   10,   1014. 


CHAP.   27.]  WATER-WORKS.  187 

specified  in  the  foregoing  tariff,  the  rate  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
board. 

The  board  shall  have  the  power  to  prevent  the  erection 
of  yard  hydrants,  and  water  shall  not  be  supplied  to  any 
water-closets  unless  such  water-closets  are  constructed  to 
conform  to  the  plumbing  ordinances. 

SECT.  25.     All  water  required  by  the  city  in  its  various  de-  ^reatcirtyused  by 
partments,  shall  be  furnished  free  of  charge. 

SECT.  26.     The  police  shall  report  to  the  chief  superinten-  Jj^f  te°tcreport 
dent1  all  cases  of  leakage,  waste  or  unnecessary  profusion  in 
the  use  of  the  water,  and  all  violations  of  this  chapter  that 
may  be  brought  to  their  notice. 

SECT.  27.     There  shall  be  paid  to  the  person  chosen  by  the  Salary  of 

treasurer  of 

trustees  of  the  sinking  fund  of  the  water  works,  as  their   sinking  fund  of 

waterworks. 

secretary  and  treasurer,  an  annual  salary  of  two  hundred 
dollars.  Said  salary  to  be  charged  to  the  maintenance 
account  of  the  water  works. 

1  Amended  Jan.  10,  1914. 


1 88 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


CHAPTER  28. 


Boards   and 
officers  to  keep  an 
account    of 
moneys    received 
for  city,   and   pay 
same  to   treasurer. 


City   clerk, 
treasurer   and 
chief   of  police 
to  report  fees. 


Fees    received 
by  police  to  be 
paid  into  the 
treasury. 


Office   hours   of 
sundry    officers. 


DUTIES  AND  SALARIES. 

SECTION  i.  The  various  boards  and  city  officers,  who  shall 
in  their  official  capacity  receive  .any  money  on  behalf  of  the 
city,  whether  for  payment  of  fees,  for  services  rendered  or 
otherwise,  shall  enter,  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  a 
detailed  record  of  all  money  so  received,  and  the  several 
purposes  for  which  said  money  was  paid,  which  book  shall 
at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  committee  on 
accounts,  and  all  such  boards  and  city  officers  having  offices 
in  the  city  hall,  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  daily  all  money 
so  received,  and  all  other  boards  .and  city  officers  except  the 
city  weighers  shall  pay  over  to  said  treasurer  weekly  all 
money  so  received  by  them.  All  such  boards  and  city  officers 
shall,  before  making  such  payment,  make  a  true  return  to 
the  auditor,  stating  the  account  upon  which  said  moneys 
were  received.  All  other  persons,  who  shall  at  any  time 
have  money  in  their  possession  belonging  to  the  city,  shall 
forthwith  pay  the  same  to  the  treasurer. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  clerk  and  the  treasurer  and  collector  shall 
annually,  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  November,  make  to  the 
city  council  a  written  detailed  statement  of  all  fees  and  per- 
quisites received  by  each  of  them  for  the  year  ending  with 
that  date.  The  chief  of  police  shall  make  a  similar  return 
of  the  fees  and  perquisites  received  by  himself  and  other 
members  of  the  police  force. 

SECT.  3.  All  fees,  penalties,  witness  fees,  moneys  or  com- 
pensation received  by  any  member  of  the  police  force,  other 
than  the  salary  fixed  by  ordinance,  for  any  services  rendered 
in  their  official  capacity,  except  moneys  or  compensation 
received  by  them  for  special  services,  and  except  witness 
fees  for  testimony  in  courts  without  the  limits  of  the  city, 
shall  be  paid  weekly  into  the  city  treasury  by  the  officers 
receiving  the  same. 

SECT.  4.  The  offices  hereinafter  named  shall  be  open  to  the 
public  for  the  transaction  of  business  daily,  except  on. Sun- 
days and  legal  holidays,  and  as  hereinafter  provided,  during 
the  following  hours  :  viz. — 


CHAP.   28.]  DUTIES    AND    SALARIES.  l8Q 

The  treasurer's  and  the  auditor's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M. 
to  two  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  city  clerk's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to  three  o'clock 
P.M. 

The  city  engineer's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to  five 
o'clock  P.  M. 

The  superintendent  of  streets  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M. 
tc  four  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  chief  engineer's  from  nine  to  ten  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  office  hours  for  city  employees  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
board,  or  head  of  department  authorized  to  employ  them. 

ISECT.  5.    On  Saturdays  the  several  offices  shall  be  closed  at  office  hours 

J  .on    Saturdays. 

one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  provided,  however,  that  during 
the  months  of  June,  July,  August  and  September,  the  said 
offices  shall  be  closed  at  twelve  o'clock  noon,  and  provided 
further,  that  in  case  of  necessity,  any  office  may  be  kept 
open  until  a  later  hour,  at  the  discretion  of  the  board  or 
head  of  the  department  occupying  such  office. 

SECT.  6.    The  treasurer  and  collector  shall  appoint  the  clerks  Treasurer  shall 

appoint    the    clerks 

in  his  office  and  shall  be  answerable  for  their  conduct  in  the  in  MS  office. 
discharge  of  their  duties.    Such  appointments  shall  be  forth-  §'34. 
writh  certified  to  the  mayor.    Such  clerks  shall  receive  such 
compensation  as  the  committee  on  finance  may,  from  time 
to  time,  determine  and  they  may  be  removed  by  the  treas-         0val 


urer  and  collector  for  such  cause  as  he  shall  assign  in  writ- 
ing in  the  order  of  removal,  which  order  shall  be  forthwith 
communicated  to  the  mayor.  The  compensation  of  all  clerks  of  Clerks3  tK>n 
in  the  several  departments  of  the  city,  both  permanent  and 
temporary,  shall  be  determined  by  said  committee,  subject 
however  to  change  at  any  time  by  order  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  /.     No  person  who  is  not  a  resident  of  Cambridge  j^m  -re  sjdents 
shall  be  employed  as  a  laborer  in  any  department  of  the  iJJjJ1^^  as 
city;  and  in  the  employment  of  laborers  in  any  department 
of  the  city,  preference  shall  be  given  to  efficient  and  steady 
men  who  have  families  or  minor  children  dependent  upon 
them   for   support;   provided,   that   no   competent   and    faith- 
ful laborer,  who  is  a  resident  of  Cambridge,  shall  be  dis- 
charged to  make  place  for  another.     Nine  hours  shall  con-  working  day 
stitute  a  working  day  for  laborers  and  mechanics   in  the  s°ri890,°cer375. 
several   city   departments,   and   eight   hours    for   brick   layers 
in  the  sewer  department,  for  each  working  day  throughout 
the  year. 

1  Amended  July  1.°,.  1003 


190 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.    2S. 


Boards   and 
heads    of 
departments    to 
control 
appropriations. 

Contracts   to   be 
approved    by   tbe 
mayor  except,  etc. 
S.   1891,  c.  :>,»'.4. 
I  35. 


Purchases   to    be 
made   in    accordance 
with    this    chapter. 

Advertising 
for    proposals. 


Plans,  etc.,  to  be 
shown   to 
bidders. 


To    advertise   for 
proposals   for 
purchases    of    more 
than   $300. 


Contracts  to  be 
accompanied  by 
bond. 


Contracts   to   be 
in    triplicate. 


SECT.  8.  The  several  boards  and  heads  of  departments  shall 
have  the  general  supervision  and  control  of  the  appropria- 
tions made  to  meet  the  expenditures  of  their  respective 
departments;  provided,  that  no  board  or  head  of  depart- 
ment, authorized  to  purchase  materials  or  supplies,  or  to 
contract  for  labor  to  be  performed,  shall  have  the  power 
to  expend  more  than  three  hundred  dollars  for  any  one 
specific  purpose,  whether  settlement  for  the  same  shall 
be  made  in  one  or  more  payments,  unless  it  be  first  ap- 
proved by  the  mayor.  But  nothing  in  this  proviso  shall 
be  held  to  apply  to  the  consumption  of  water  or  gas,  nor 
to  contracts  made  with  such  laborers  or  other  persons  as 
are  ordinarily  employed  in  the  various  departments,  in  the 
performance  of  the  regular  work  or  labor  thereof,  whether 
such  contracts  be  by  the  day,  month  or  year. 

SECT.  9.  All  boards  and  officers  shall  be  governed  in  their 
purchases  by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

SECT.  10.  All  advertisements  for  proposals  and  purchases 
shall  be  published  in  one  or  more  papers  of  the  city,  not  exceed- 
ing four,  and  elsewhere  if  necessary,  and  a  copy  of  such  adver- 
tisement shall  be  sent  to  the  auditor  for  preservation. 

SECT.  ii.  Whenever  advertisements  for  proposals  for  any 
work  to  be  done  for  the  city,  or  for  any  materials  or  supplies 
to  be  furnished,  are  made,  the  board  or  officer  in  charge  of  the 
work  to  be  done  shall  cause  suitable  plans  and  specifications, 
and  schedules  of  materials  or  supplies,  to  be  prepared  and 
shown  to  parties  proposing  to  bid. 

1  SECT.  12.     No  officer  or  board  shall  make  any  contract  or 
purchase  in  behalf  of  the  city,  involving  an  expenditure  of 
more  than  three  hundred  dollars,  without  advertising  for  pro- 
posals therefor,  unless  authorized  by  vote  of  two-thirds  of  each 
branch  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  13.  Every  contract  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars 
for  any  work  to  be  done  for  the  city,  or  for  any  materials  or 
supplies  to  be  furnished  the  city,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a 
suitable  bond  for  the  performance  of  the  same,  or  by  the 
deposit  of  money  or  security  to  the  amount  of  such  bond.  No 
proposal  shall  be  accepted  from  or  for  any  person  who  shall 
have  broken  a  contract  with  the  city  during  the  three  years 
preceding.  All  written  contracts  shall  be  executed  in  triplicate, 
and  one  of  said  copies  shall  be  deposited  with  the  auditor. 

2  SECT.   14.     No  proposal  shall  be  received  from  any  per- 

1  Amended  Dec.  29,  1890. 
'-'  Amended  Dec.  28,    1900. 


CHAP.   28.]  DUTIES    AND    SALARIES. 

son  offering  to  contract  for  such  work,  unless  the  same  is  en- 

closed  in  a  sealed  envelope  or  wrapper.     Such  proposals  shall  in  a  sealed  box 

be  at  once  placed  in  a  sealed  box  in  the  department  calling  for 

the  proposals,  and  the  clerk  of  committees  shall  hold  the  only 

key  to  such  box.     All  proposals  shall  be  opened,   read   and  Key  of  the  box. 

recorded  in  the  city  hall,  at  the  hour  and  place  designated  in 

the  advertisement,  in  the  presence  of  the  mayor  or  such  person 

as  he  may  designate.    Such  proposals  shall  be  publicly  opened,  Opening 

whenever  so  ordered  by  the  mayor.     The  contract  shall  be 

awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder  complying  with  the  terms ;  pro-  Contracts  to  be 

.  ,     ,   ,  ...  n-         i   1  awarded    to 

vided  however,  if  any  such  proposals  shall  be  ottered  by  per-  lowest  bidder,  etc. 

sons  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  or  officer  issuing  the 

advertisement,  shall  be  incompetent  to  perform  their  contracts 

in  a  workmanlike  manner,  or  irresponsible  in  respect  to  their 

means  of  faithfully  executing  the  same,  such  proposals  may  be 

rejected,  notwithstanding  the  same  be  at  a  lower  rate  than 

other  proposals  offered  for  the  same  work,  and  the  next  higher 

bidder  shall  be  substituted ;  and  provided,  also,,  in  all  cases, 

that  the  board  or  officer  may  reject  all  bids  and  issue  new 

advertisements.     All  bids  shall  be  preserved  by  the  board  or  Bids  to  be 

officer  issuing  the  advertisement  on  the  records  of  its  depart-   pre 

ment,  and  shall  be  open  to  public  inspection  after  the  contract 

has  been  awarded,  and  accepted  by  the  bidder. 

SECT.  15.     In  all  cases  where  the  amount  of  any  contract  Contracts^  to  be 
shall  exceed  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  the  contract 
shall  be  in  writing;  and,  after  being  signed  by  the  parties,  no 
such  contract  shall  be  altered,  in  any  particular,  without  the 
consent  of  the  contractor,  and  of  the  board  or  officer  making 
the  contract,  indorsed  thereon.     And  all  payments  for  extra  Extra  work  on 
work  shall  be  made  at  the  time  of  the  final  payment  on  such 
contract. 

SECT.   1 6.     Every  contract  shall  provide  that,  in  case  of  any  Alteration  of 
alteration,   so   much   of   such   contract   as    is   not   necessarily 
affected  by  the  change  shall  remain  in  force  upon  all  parties 
thereto.     It  shall  also  provide  that  no  payment  for  work  done  payment  on 
under  such  alterations  shall  be  made  until  the  completion  of  contr 
the  whole  contract,  and  also  that  the  adjustment  and  payment 
of  the  bill  then  rendered  for  such  work  shall  release  and  dis- 
charge the  city  from  any  and  all  claims  or  liability  on  account 
of  any  work  performed  under  such  contract  or  any  alteration 
thereof. 

SECT.   17.     No  board  or  officer  shall  make  any  contract  in  aow^tSai^ODe 
behalf  of   the   city  the  execution  of   which   shall   necessarily         enot  to  be 


192 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


Contracts    shall 
provide    for 
the    retention 
of  a   sufficient 
amount  to   pay 
mechanics' 
claims    for 
labor. 


Removals    of 
subordinates. 

Cause   to   be 
recorded. 


Officers    and 
boards  not  to 
expend    money 
until 
appropriated. 


Expenditure 
shall   not 
exceed 
appropriations. 


Officers    and 
boards    shall 
keep    records 
of   acts,   etc. 

To    be   open    to 
public 
inspections,    etc. 


extend  beyond  one  year  from  the  date  thereof,  unless  special 
permission  so  to  do  has  been  given  by  vote  of  the  city  council, 
or  of  the  branch  having  authority  therein,  or  by  the  statutes 
of  the  commonwealth. 

SECT.  18.  In  every  contract  entered  into  on  behalf  of  the 
city,  and  involving  the  employment  of  mechanics  or  laborers 
by  the  contractor,  a  provision  shall  be  inserted  to  the  effect  that 
the  board,  or  other  authority  making  such  contract,  may,  if  it 
deems  it  expedient  to  do  so,  retain  out  of  any  amounts  due  to 
such  contractor  sums  sufficient  to  cover  any  unpaid  claims 
of  mechanics  or  laborers  for  work  or  labor  performed  under 
such  contract  for  thirty-five  days  after  the  completion  of  the 
work  under  the  contract. 

SECT.  19.  Whenever  any  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a 
department  shall  remove  any  subordinate,  the  order  of  removal 
and  the  cause  assigned  therefor  shall  be  entered  in  full  on  the 
records  of  the  department  in  which  he  served.  Every  such 
officer  and  board  shall  to  the  best  of  his  ability  cause  all  stat- 
utes, ordinances,  regulations  and  orders  relating  to  the  duties 
of  his  department  to  be  observed  and  enforced. 

SECT.  20.  Xo  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department 
shall,  unless  specially  authorized  thereto  by  statute,  make  any 
expenditure  or  incur  any  liability  on  behalf  of  the  city  for  any 
purpose  or  object,  until  an  appropriation  sufficient  to  meet  such 
expenditure  or  liability  together  with  all  other  expenditures 
and  liabilities  which  he  or  it  proposes  to  make,  and  which  are 
properly  chargeable  to  the  same  appropriation,  has  been  made 
therefor;  nor  shall  he  or  it  exceed  any  specific  appropriation 
made  for  his  department,1  nor  shall  any  officer  or  member  of 
a  board,  unless  thereto  authorized  by  the  mayor  or  city  council, 
apply  for,  object  to,  or  advocate  before  the  legislature  any 
special  act  relating  to  the  city  of  Cambridge. 

SECT.  21.  Every  officer  and  board  in  charge  of  a  depart- 
ment shall  keep  records  of  the  acts  and  doings  of  the  depart- 
ments, in  books  kept  specially  for  the  purpose.  All  records  and 
files,  shall,  under  the  supervision  of  the  officer  in  charge  of 
the  department,  be  open  to  public  inspection,  and  any  person 
may  take  notes  therefrom ;  but  this  shall  not  apply  to  matters 
on  which  final  action  has  not  been  taken,  which  the  mayor  is 
of  opinion  should  not  be  made  public,  or  to  the  records  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  various  committees  kept  by  the  clerk  of 
committees. 


1  Amended  June  6,   1894. 


28.]  DfTiKs   AND  SALARIES.  193 

SECT.  22.  Every  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department  contain8  to 
issuing  a  license  or  permit,  shall  insert  therein  a  condition  that  conditions,  etc. 
the  person  accepting  the  same  shall  conform  to  all  statutes  and 
ordinances,  and  also  to  the  specifications  in  the  license  or  per- 
mit ;  that  the  license  or  permit  may  be  revoked  at  any  time 
by  the  authority  issuing  it ;  that  the  violation  of  any  of  its 
specifications  shall  work  an  immediate  revocation  of  the  license 
or  permit ;  and  that  such  person  shall  indemnify  and  save 
harmless  the  city  from  any  damage  it  may  sustain,  or  be 
required  to  pay,  by  reason  of  the  doing  of  the  work  licensed 
or  permitted,  or  by  reason  of  any  act  or  neglect  of  himself  or 
of  any  of  his  employees  relating  to  such  work,  or  by  reason  of 
any  violation  of  any  specification ;  provided  that  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  insertion  of  any 
other  conditions  and  limitations  deemed  advisable  by  the 
authority  issuing  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  23.     Every  officer  and  board  in  charge  of  a  depart-  officers  and 

0  boards   to    send 

ment  shall,  annually,  before  the  twentieth  day  of  January,  send  estimates  for 

J.      .  ,  .   .      annual    appro- 

to  the  mayor  an  estimate  in  detail  of  the  appropriations  which  priations  to 

.         mayor. 

will  be  required  to  enable  the  department  to  perform  its  duties   s.  isoi,  c.  364, 
and  works  during  the  next  financial  year,  and  also  an  estimate 
of  all  income  to  be  received  from  any  source  by  the  department 
during  the  said  year. 

SECT.  24.     Every  officer  required  to  give  a  bond  to  the  city  Bonds  of  city 
shall  furnish  sureties  upon  the  same  and  whenever  the  mayor 
shall  demand  shall  furnish  a  new  bond  or  surety. 

SECT.  25.     There  shall  be  appointed  at  the  commencement  committee  on 
of  each  municipal  year,  a  committee  on  finance,  consisting  of  1 
the  president  and  three  members  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  Appointment  of. 
president  and  five  members  of  the  common  council. 

SECT.  26.     The  committee  on  finance  shall,  at  the  close  of  Duties  of. 
each  municipal  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  they  deem   it 
expedient,  examine  and  audit  the  accounts  of  the  treasurer; 
and  for  that  purpose  shall  have  access  to  all  books  and  vouch-  • 
ers  in  his  possession,  or  in  possession  of  the  auditor  or  any 
other  officer  of  the  city.    They  shall  also  examine  all  notes  and 
securities  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  city,  and  make  report 
thereof  to  the  city  council. 

SECT.  27.     No  carriage  shall  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  Carriages,   how 
the  city,  except  upon  an  order  therefor  signed  by  the  mayor, 
president  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  president  of  the  com- 
mon council,  or  the  acting  chairman  of  any  committee  of  the 
city  council ;  and  such  order  shall  state  the  purpose  for  which 


194 


ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


All    boards,    etc., 

shall  report 

annually. 

S.   1881,   c.   364, 

§  18. 


Report    of    the 
superintendent    of 

Sublic 
uildings. 


Salaries  of 
certain  city 
officers. 


the  carriage  is  required,  and  shall  accompany  the  bill  therefor 
as  a  voucher. 

SECT.  28.  All  boards,  commissioners,  trustees,  and  officials 
having  charge  of  city  property  or  the  expenditure  of  appropri- 
ations, unless  otherwise  provided  in  these  revised  ordinances, 
shall  report  to  the  city  council  annually  in  December. 

The  report  shall  contain  a  statement  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  a  schedule  of 
materials,  tools  and  property  of  all  kinds  on  hand  December 
first,  and  their  estimated  value. 

The  report  of  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings  shall 
contain  a  description  of  all  real  estate  belonging  to  the  city, 
with  the  estimated  value  of  each  parcel  of  land  and  of  each 

building. 

i 

'Salaries. 

SECT.  30.     The  officers  of  the  city,  hereinafter  named,  shall 
receive  the  following  salaries,  which  are  annual  and  to  be  paid 
monthly  unless  otherwise  stated : 
Mayor       ....... 

City  treasurer  and  collector 
2City   Clerk        .... 

3Assistant  city  clerk   ..... 

4Clerk  of  common  council 

5City    auditor    ...... 

Assessors,  each  .          . 

r>-7  Assistant  assessors  each   (per  year) 

City  engineer     ...... 

Treasurer  of  commissioners  of  sinking  funds 
City  solicitor     ...... 

Clerk  of  committees  ..... 

Superintendent  of  streets  . 
f'-10-nChief  of  fire  department   . 

^"-"Deputy  chief  of  fire   department 

°-11Permanent  members : 
Captains  ...... 

Lieutenants 


$3,500  oo 
3, coo  oo 
3,300  oo 
i, 600  oo 
500  oo 
2,500  oo 

2,000   00 

i/5  oo 
3,000  oo 

300  oo 
3,500  oo 
2,400  oo 
2,500  oo 
2,250  oo 
1,750  oo 


1  Section   29   repealed    April   27,   1803. 

2  Amended   Dec.   22.   1905. 

3  Amended  Jan.  5,  1907. 
Amended  April  11,  1900. 
Amended  Dec.  31,  1902. 
Amended  April  8,  1904. 
Amended  May   19,   1910. 
Amended  Dec.  31,  1907. 
Amended   March   26.   1900. 

"Amended  Dec.  1,  1904. 
1  Amended  June  29.  1912. 
-  Amended  March  13,  1900. 


1,400  oo 
1,350  oo 


CHAP.  28.]  DUTIES    AND    SALARIES.  195 

Enginemen          .......  $1,300  oo 

1-2-3All  other  permanent  men : 

First  twelve  months  of  service     .          .          .  900  oo 

Second  twelve  months  of  service  .          .          .  1,000  oo 

Third  twelve  months  of  service     .          .          .  1,100  oo 

After  three  years  of  service         .          .          .  1,200  oo 

2-3Call  members  in  fire  department     .          .          .  300  oo 

Inspector  of  wires     .          ...          .          .          .  1,000  oo 

4-5-6City   messenger    ......  1,400  oo 

Superintendent  of  lamps     .....  1,000  oq 

Inspector  of  milk  and  vinegar     ....  1,000  oo 

Inspector  of  provisions  and  of  animals  intended 

for  slaughter,  etc.         .....  7°°  °° 

Sealer  of  weights  and  measures  ....  1,200  oo 

7-8Deputy  sealers  of  weights  and  measures,  each  900  oo 

9City  physician            ......  2,000  oo 

Superintendent  of  public  buildings       .          .          .  2,000  oo 

Commissioner  of  bridges     .....  700  oo 

Election  officers : 

Wardens,  clerks  and  inspectors,  for  each  day's 

actual  service,  each,  per  day  ...  8  oo 
Deputy  officers,  who  shall  be  in  attendance  at 

the  opening  of  the  polls,  each,  per  day     .  I  50 

Registrars  of  voters,  each   ....  500  oo 

Clerk  of  the  board  of  registrars  of  voters       .  100  oo 

SECT.  31.     The  above-mentioned  salaries  shall  be  in  full  for  Salaries  to  be 

all  services  rendered  by  such  officers  in  their  official  capacities. 

SECT.  32.     Janitors  of  public  buildings  other  than  school-   Compensation 

of  janitors. 

houses  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  recom- 
mended by  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings  and  approved 
by  the  city  council,  or  by  some  committee  by  it  authorized. 

Janitors  of  school-houses  shall  receive  such  compensation  as   janitors  of 
may  be  recommended  by  the  mayor  and  approved  by  the  city 
council,  or  by  some  committee  by  it  authorized. 

10SECT.  33.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  his  length  of  service, 
the  pay  of  any  member  of  the  fire  department  is  to  be  in- 
creased, notice  thereof  shall  be  sent  to  the  mayor  by  the  chief 
engineer,  before  placing  the  name  of  such  member  upon  the 
pay  roll  at  the  increased  rate  of  compensation. 

'Amended   March  28,   1901. 
2  Amended  Dec.   1.  1904. 
8  Amended  June  29,  1912 

4  Amended  May  1,  1902. 

5  Amended  July  8,  1904, 

6  Amended  Dec.  28,  1906. 
Amended  Tan.   .1.   1902. 

8  Amended  Oct.   24.  1907. 
•Amended  Dec.  4,  1907. 
10  Amended   April   6,   1898. 


GENERAL    ORDINANCES 


CIIAI-.   29.]  SALE    AND   DELIVERY    OF    ICE.  IQ9 

CHAPTER  29. 

SALE    AND   DELIVERY    OF    ICE.1 

SECTION  i.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  before  sell-  |eiiveryd  of  ice. 
ing  or  delivering  ice  in  this  city  after  the  first  day  of  February, 
A.  D.  1898,  shall  prior  to  such  sale  or  delivery  register  at  the 
office  of  the  board  of  health  the  name  and  location  of  the  body 
or  bodies  of  water  from  which  said  ice  so  to  be  sold  or  de- 
livered has  been  cut,  or  from  which  the  water  has  been 
taken  for  its  manufacture.  Such  registration  shall  be  sub- 
scribed and  sworn  to  by  the  person  so  proposing  to  sell  or 
cause  to  be  delivered  said  ice,  or  in  the  case  of  a  firm,  by  one 
of  the  members  of  the  firm,  or  in  the  case  of  a  corporation  by 
the  president,  general  manager,  or  one  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  corporation. 

SECT.  2.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  sells,  de-  J°espjctiboar<.i 
livers 'or  causes  to  be  delivered  ice  in  this  city  after  the  first  of  health, 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1898,  shall  permit  the  board  of  health 
and  its  inspectors  at  all  reasonable  times  to  have  access  to  and 
freely  examine  the  ice  intended  for  such  sale  or  delivery,  and 
shall  permit  samples  to  be  taken  by  said  board  or  its  inspectors 
for  the  purpose  of  analysis. 

SECT.  3.  The  board  of  health  shall  investigate  the  sources  sources  of 
of  supply  of  ice  so  sold  or  delivered  and  cause  inspection  and 
analysis  to  be  made  of  the  ice  from  said  sources.  And  if  upon 
such  investigation,  inspection  and  analysis,  and  upon  hearing, 
it  shall  deem  and  adjudge  ice  derived  from  any  source  to  be 
impure  and  injurious  to  the  public  health,  it  may  prohibit  the 
sale  or  delivery  in  this  city  of  such  ice  or  of  any  other  ice 
which  has  been  intermingled  with  ice  from  such  source.  Notice 
of  such  prohibition  shall  be  given  in  the  manner  provided  by 
law  for  giving  notice  of  the  regulations  of  the  board  of  health, 
and  such  notice  shall  be  deemed  legal  notice  to  all  persons. 

SI.CT.  4.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  after  the  first  Penalty, 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1898,  who  shall  sell  or  deliver  or  cause 
to  be  sold  or  delivered  or  shall  have  in  his,  their  or  its  posses- 
sion with  intent  to  sell  or  deliver  in  this  city  ice  the  source  of 
which  has  not  been  registered  as  above  provided,  or  ice  the 
sale  and  delivery  of  which  has  been  prohibited  and  notice 
thereof  given  as  above  provided,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  section  two  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  liable 
to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

1  Approved  Doc.  20,  1S07. 


200 


( ",EN  KRAI,    ORDl  X  A  X  CHS. 


[CHAP.  30. 


Licenses    and 
permits, 
issuing    of. 


Bond. 


Additional 
sureties  to  be 
furnished. 


Premises    to    be 
restored    at 
licensees'    cost. 


Examination 
of    sureties. 


CHAPTER  30. 

1  LICENSES  AND  PERM  ITS  A  XI)  I5OXDS  FOR  THE  SAME. 

SECTION  I.  All  licenses  and  permits  hereinafter  issued  to 
any  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  under  any  ordinance 
or  order  of  the  city  council  or  either  branch  thereof,  shall  be 
issued  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  same  may  be  revoked 
at  any  time,  at  the  option  of  the  department  or  body  from 
which  the  same  were  issued,  or  at  the  option  of  any  future 
department  or  body. 

SECT.  2.  Such  licenses  and  permits  shall  have  no  force  or 
validity,  until  a  bond  or  other  satisfactory  security  shall  be 
given  to  the  city  indemnifying  and  saving  harmless  the  city 
from  all  liability,  loss  and  expense  whatsoever  which  the  city 
may  incur  and  suffer  arising  out  of  the  issuing  of  such  license 
or  permit  with  such  surety  or  sureties  and  in  such  amounts  as 
may  be  satisfactory  to  the  city  auditor  and  approved  by  the 
mayor. 

SECT.  3.  Additional  sureties  shall  be  furnished  on  all  such 
bonds  mentioned  in  section  2  of  this  ordinance,  as  well  as  on 
all  bonds  heretofore  given  under  any  ordinance  or  order  of  the 
city  council  or  either  branch  thereof  whenever,  in  the  manner 
and  as  often  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  or  body  from 
which  the  licenses  and  permits  were  issued,  or  any  such  future 
department  or  body,  it  seems  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
city  to  require  the  same. 

SECT.  4.  In  addition  to  and  as  a  further  condition  of  the 
bond  so  as  aforesaid  to  be  given,  the  person  or  persons  so 
licensed  or  permitted,  by  an  agreement  satisfactory  to  the  city 
solicitor,  for  themselves,  their  heirs,  successors  and  assigns 
shall  agree  to  restore  at  their  own  expense  and  cost  the 
premises,  concerning  which  the  license  or  permit  was  originally 
given  to  the  same  condition  in  which  the  premises  were  at  the 
time  of  the  granting  of  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  5.  The  sufficiency  of  all  sureties  upon  all  bonds  here- 
after given  to  the  city  shall  be  examined  at  least  once  every 
year  under  the  direction  of  the  city  auditor  who  shall  report 
the  result  of  such  examination  to  the  respective  department  or 

1  Approved   July   2.   1806. 


CHAP.   30.]  LICENSES   AND    PERMITS.  2OI 

other  body  which  issued  the  license  or  permit,  or  any  succeed- 
ing department  or  body. 

SECT.  6.     All  existing  ordinances  and  parts  thereof,  in  so  Kepeai. 
far  as  they  are  inconsistent  with  this  ordinance,  are  to  that 
extent  hereby  modified  or  repealed,  otherwise  this  ordinance 
shall  be  in  addition  to  all  existing  ordinances  having  reference 
to  the  matters  herein  contained. 


2O2 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  31 


Device. 

P.  S.  c.  3,  §  31. 

cl.  19. 


Custodian    of 

seal. 

P.  S.  c.  205,  §  26. 


CHAPTER  3I. 
CITY   SEAL. 


1  SECTION  i.  The  following  shall  be  the  device  of  the  seal 
of  the  city,  to  wit :  In  the  centre  thereof  a  shield  bearing  upon 
it  a  view,  on  the  right  the  towers  of  Gore  Hall,  and  on  the  left 
the  Washington  elm ;  under  the  shield  the  inscription  shall  be, 
"Cantabrigia  Condita  A.  D.  1630;  Civico  Re  gimme  Donata 
A.  D.  1846."  Around  the  seal,  as  the  city  motto,  shall  be  the 
words,  "Literis  fmtiquis  novis  institutes  decora." 

SECT.  2.  The  city  clerk  shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  city 
seal. 

SECT.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day 
of  January,  A.  D.  1897. 

1  Amended  Dec.  4,  1896. 


THAI-.   32.]  CITY    SCALES    AM)    \\KH1HERS.  2O$ 


CHAPTER  32. 

CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS. 

SECTION  i.     The   board   of   aldermen   shall,   from   time   to  f0ubb^c  scales 
time,  establish  as  many  scales  for  the  weighing  of  hay  and  UJ^JlJ^ 
other  articles  as  the  public  good  may  require,  and  cause  the  p-  s-  c-  0°.  §  32- 
same  to  be  erected  and  furnished  with  decimal  weights,  which 
shall  be  used  in  all  cases ;  and  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirma-  Wei  herg  ^  ^ 
tion  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  shall  appoint  suitable  persons  to  appointed, 
weigh  hay  and  other  articles  thereon  according  to  law. 

SECT.  2.     The  persons  so  appointed  shall  be  sworn  to  the  weighers'  oath, 
faithful  performance  of  their  duties. 

SECT.  3.     Every  such  weigher  shall  be  at  or  near  the  scales  Duties  of 

weigher. 

of  which  he  has  the  charge  at  all  reasonable  times,  ready  to  P.  s.  c.  60.  §  33. 
weigh  all  articles  offered  for  that  purpose.     He  shall  deliver  Form  of 

certificate. 

to  the  driver  or  owner  of  every  load  weighed  a  certificate 
under  his  hand,  specifying  the  name  of  the  driver  or  owner, 
his  place  of  residence,  the  name  of  the  article  weighed,  the 
weight  thereof,  and  the  tare,  the  date  and  the  fees  charged. 
He  shall  keep  a  true  account  of  all  articles  weighed  by  him, 
and  record  the  same  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  which 
shall  at  all  times  be  open  for  public  inspection,  and,  when  filled, 
be  delivered  to  the  city  clerk.  The  said  record  shall  contain 
the  same  particulars  that  are  required  to  be  stated  in  the  cer- 
tificate described  in  this  section. 

*-2  SECT.  4.     The  fees  for  weighing  to  be  received  by  the  Fees  for 
weighers,  which  they  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  quartely,  shall  p.  I.  c  g60, 
be   as    follows :     Three-fifths   of   a   cent    for   every   hundred 
pounds  of  coal,  pig-iron,  stone,  sand,  produce,  provisions  or 
ice,  and  one  cent  for  every  hundred  pounds  of  hay,  straw  or 
other  articles,  provided,  however,  that  the  fees  for  weighing 
any  article  other  than  hay  or  straw  shall  never  be  less  than  ten 
cents,  and  no  single  fee  shall  exceed  one  dollar  in  amount. 

The  vehicle  containing  the  same  and  other  tare,  shall  be 
weighed  without  charge,  and  no  fees  shall  be  taken  for  weigh- 
ing done  on  account  of  the  city. 

1  Amended  July  3,  1902. 

2  Amended  Sept.  18,  1907. 


204 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.    32. 


Weighers  to 
keep    scales    clear 
of   snow,   etc. 


Compensation 
of   weighers. 


SECT.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  weighers  to  keep  the 
scales  under  their  care  clear  of  snow  and  ice,  so  that  they  shall 
be  in  good  condition  for  use  at  all  times,  and  the  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  shall  have  the  general  control  and  super- 
vision of  all  such  scales. 

^ECT.  6.  Each  weigher  shall  receive  as  full  compensation 
for  his  services  a  sum  equal  to  three-fifths  of  the  fees  received 
by  him. 


'Amended  Dec.  20,  1907. 


CII.M'.   33.]  WARDS.  C  2O5 


CHAPTER  33. 

WARDS.1 

SECTION  I.     The  eleven  wards  of  the  city  shall  be  consti- 
tuted as  follows  :  — 

Ward  One.     Beginning  at  the  water  at  the  mouth  of  Broad     ™n  °£ards 


canal  thence  by  the  centre  of  Broad  canal  to  the  centre  of   Sce,  s.  1®$  c-  £§3, 

and   S.   1891,  c.  oo*, 

Third  street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Third  street  to  .Potter  §3. 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Potter  street  to  Fifth  street,  Ward  i. 
thence  by  the  centre  of  Fifth  street  to  Vine  street,  thence  by  the 
centre  of  Vine  street  to  Fourth  street,  thence  by  the  centre  of 
Fourth   street  to  Cambridge  street,  thence  by  the  centre  of 
Cambridge  street  to  Fifth  street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Fifth 
street  and  said  line  extended  northerly  to  the  boundary  line 
between  Cambridge  and  Somerville,  thence  by  said  boundary 
line  to  the  waters  of  Charles  river,  thence  by  the  water  to  the 
point  of  beginning. 

ITard  Two.  Beginning  at  the  centre  of  Third  street  and  Ward  n. 
Broad  canal,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Broad  canal  to  North 
canal,  thence  by  the  centre  of  North  canal  and  northerly  in  a 
line  continued  therefrom  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cam- 
bridge and  Somerville,  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  a  line 
in  the  extension  of  the  centre  line  of  Fifth  street,  thence  by 
said  extension  and  by  the  centre  line  of  Fifth  street  to  Cam- 
bridge street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Cambridge  street  to 
Fourth  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Fourth  street  to 
Vine  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Vine  street  to  Fifth 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Fifth  street  to  Potter  street, 
thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Potter  street  to  Third  street, 
thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Third  street  to  Broad  canal  at  the 
point  of  beginning. 

Ward  Three.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  ward  in. 
Cambridge  and  Somerville  at  Tremont  street,  thence  by  said 
boundary  line  to  the  extension  of  the  centre  line  of  North 
canal,  thence  by  said  extension  and  by  the  centre  line  of  North 
canal  to  Binney  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Binney 
street  to  Bristol  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Bristol 
street  to  Hampshire  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Hainp- 

1  Amended  Au.tr.  5.  1001. 


2O6 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.    33. 


Ward  IV. 


Ward  V. 


Ward  VI. 


Ward   VII. 


shire  street  to  Tremont  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Tremont  street  to  the  boundary  line  between  the  cities  of  Cam- 
bridge and  Somerville  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  Four.  Beginning  at  Tremont  street  on  Hampshire 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Hampshire  street  to  Bristol 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Bristol  street  to  Binney 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Binney  street  to  Xorth 
canal,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  North  canal  to  Broad  canal, 
thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Broad  canal  to  the  water  of  Charles 
river,  thence  by  the  water  of  Charles  river  to  a  point  at  right 
angles  to  Main  street  at  Washington  street,  thence  by  a  line  at 
right  angles  to  Main  street  to  the  junction  of  Main  and  Wash- 
ington streets,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Washington  street 
to  Norfolk  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Norfolk  street 
to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts avenue  to  Prospect  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Prospect  street  to  Broadway,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Broadway  to  Tremont  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Tre- 
mont street  to  Hampshire  street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  Five.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  Cam- 
bridge and  Somerville  at  Tremont  street,  thence  by  the  centre 
line  of  Tremont  street  to  Broadway,  thence  by  the  centre  line 
of  Broadway  to  Prospect  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Prospect  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre 
line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Dana  street,  thence  by  the 
centre  line  of  Dana  street  and  said  line  extended  northerly  to 
the  boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and  Somerville,  thence 
by  said  boundary  line  to  Tremont  street  at  the  point  of 
beginning. 

Ward  Six,  Beginning  on  Massachusetts  avenue  at  Norfolk 
street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Norfolk  street  to  Washing- 
ton street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Washington  street  to 
the  junction  of  Washington  and  Main  streets,  thence  by  a  line 
at  right  angles  to  Main  street  southerly  to  the  water  of  Charles 
river,  thence  by  the  water  to  the  centre  line  of  Magazine  street 
extended,  thence  by  said  extension  and  by  the  centre  line  of 
Magazine  street  to  Perry  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Perry  street  to  Pearl  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Pearl 
street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Massachusetts  avenue  to  Norfolk  street  at  the  point  of 
beginning. 

Ward  Seven.  Beginning  on  Massachusetts  avenue  at  Put- 
nam avenue,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue 


CHAP.  33.]  WARDS.  207 

to  Pearl  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Pearl  street  to 
Perry  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Perry  street  to 
Magazine  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of  Magazine  street, 
and  said  line  extended  southerly  to  the  water  of  Charles  river, 
thence  by  said  water  to  Western  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre 
line  of  Western  avenue  to  Putnam  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre 
line  of  Putnam  avenue  to  Massachusetts  avenue  at  the  point 
of  beginning. 

Ward  Eight.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  Cam-  ward  vui. 
bridge  and  Somerville  at  Sacramento  street  thence  along  said 
boundary  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  centre  line  of  Dana 
street  extended  northerly,  thence  along  said  extension  and  the 
centre  line  of  Dana  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Putnam 
avenue,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Putnam  avenue  to 
Western  avenue,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Western  ave- 
nue to  the  water  of  Charles  river,  thence  by  the  water  of 
Charles  river  to  Boylston  street,  thence  by  the  centre  line  of 
Boylston  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  by  the  centre 
line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Jarvis  street,  thence  by  the 
centre  line  of  Jarvis  street  to  Oxford  street,  thence  by  the 
centre  line  of  Oxford  street  to  Sacramento  street,  thence  by 
the  centre  line  of  Sacramento  street  to  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween Cambridge  and  Somerville  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

ITard  Nine.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  Cam-  Ward  Jx 
bridge  and  Belmont  at  Concord  avenue,  thence  along  the  centre 
line  of  Concord  avenue  to  Bond  street,  thence  along  the  centre 
line  of  Bond  street  to  Garden  street,  thence  along  the  centre 
line  of  Garden  street  to  Shepard  street,  thence  along  the  centre 
line  of  Shepard  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  along 
the  centre  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Sacramento  street, 
thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Sacramento  street  to  Oxford 
street,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Oxford  street  to  Jarvis 
street,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Jarvis  street  to  Massa- 
chusetts avenue,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Massachusetts 
avenue  to  Boylston  street,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of 
Boylston  street  to  the  water  of  Charles  River,  thence  by  the 
water  of  Charles  river  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cambridge 
and  Watertown,  thence  along  said  boundary  line  to  the  bound- 
ary line  between  Cambridge  and  Belmont,  thence  along  said 
last-named  boundary,  to  Concord  avenue  at  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

Ward  Ten.     Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  Cam-  Ward  x- 


208 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CiiAP.    33. 


Ward  XI. 


Number  of 

members    of    the 

common   council   to 

be  elected   by  each 

ward. 

S.  1891,  c.  364,  §  3. 


bridge  and  Belmont  at  Concord  avenue,  thence  along  said 
boundary  to  the  location  of  the  Fitchburg  railroad,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  said  location  to  the  boundary  line  be- 
iween  Cambridge  and  Somerville,  thence  along  said  last  named 
boundary  to  Sacramento  street,  thence  along  the  centre  line  of 
Sacramento  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue,  thence  along  the 
centre  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Shepard  street,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  Shepard  street  to  Garden  street,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  Garden  street  to  Bond  street,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  Bond  street  to  Concord  avenue,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  Concord  avenue  to  the  boundary  line 
between  Cambridge  and  Belmont  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Ward  Eleven.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between 
Cambridge  and  Somerville  at  the  Fitchburg  Railroad,  thence 
along  the  centre  line  of  the  location  of  said  railroad  to  the 
boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and  Belmont,  thence  along 
said  last  named  boundary  line  to  the  boundary  line  between 
Cambridge  and  Arlington,  thence  along  said  boundary  line  be- 
tween Cambridge  and  Arlington  to  the  boundary  line  between 
Cambridge  and  Somerville,  thence  along  said  last  mentioned 
boundary  to  the  Fitchburg  railroad  at  the  point  of  beginning, 

SECT.  2.  The  several  wards  of  the  city  shall  each  elect  two 
members  of  the  common  council. 

SECT.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  for  election  pur- 
poses on  the  first  day  of  November  in  the  year  nineteen  hun- 
dred and  two;  for  all  other  purposes  on  the  first  day  of  May 
in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  two. 


CHAP.   34.]  WARRANTS    AND    ELECTIONS.  2OQ 


CHAPTER  34. 

WARRANTS   AND  ELECTIONS. 

SECTION   i.     The  form  of  warrants  for  calling  meetings  of 
the  citizens  of  the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  §5- 
precincts,  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit : — 

City  of  Cambridge. 

To  either  constable  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  Greeting :     In  Form  of  warrants- 
the  name  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  you  are 
hereby  commanded  forthwith  to  warn  the  inhabitants  of  Ward 
No.         ,  Precinct  No.         ,  in  said  city,  qualified  as  the  law 
directs,  to  assemble  at  the  polling  place  in  said  precinct,  on 

the  day  of  ,  at 

o'clock  in  the  noon,  then  and  there  to  give  in  their 

ballots  for 

Hereof  fail  not,  and  make  due  return  of  this  warrant  with 
your  doings  thereon  to  the  city  clerk  five  days  at  least  before 
the  said  day  of  meeting. 

Witness  ,  Esquire,  president  of  the  board  of 

aldermen  of  our  city  of  Cambridge,  the  day  of 

,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
By  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen, 

Approved,  City  Clerk. 

Mayor. 
SECT.  2.     All  warrants  for  calling  meetings  of  the  citizens  Warrants,   how 

P     ,  .  ,  .        .     .  .  .  .  issued,    and    by 

of  the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  precincts  whom  served  and 
shall  be  issued  by  the  board  of  aldermen  and  signed  by  the  city   p.  s.  c.  21,  §  119. 
clerk,  shall  be  served  by  a  constable  of  the  city,  and  by  him 
returned  to  the  city  clerk  five  days  at  least  before  the  time  of 
meeting  therein  specified. 

SECT.  r     Every  such  warrant  for  calling  meetings  of  the  service  of 

J  °  warrants. 

citizens  of  the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  pre- 
cincts shall  be  served  by  posting  an  attested  copy  thereof  at  or 
near  the  polling  place  in  the  voting  precinct  named  in  the  war- 
rant seven  days  at  least  before  the  time  of  meeting. 


210 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  34. 


Time   of  opening 

and   closing 

polls  to   be   fixed 

and   inserted   in 

warrants. 

S.   1890,   c.   423. 

S.    1891,   c.   314. 

Form   of 
warrants  for 
general    meetings. 


How   served   and 
returned. 


Proceedings    at 
general    meetings. 


SECT.  4.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall  fix  the  times  for 
opening  and  closing  the  polls,  at  meetings  held  for  the  election 
of  all  officers,  and  shall  state  the  same  in  the  warrants  for 
calling  the  meetings. 

SECT.  5.  All  warrants  for  calling  general  meetings  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  city  shall  be  substantially  in  the  form  pre- 
scribed in  the  first  section,  except  that  such  meetings  shall  be 
held  at  such  place  in  the  city  as  the  board  of  aldermen  shall 
direct.  They  shall  be  served  by  a  constable  of  the  city,  by  post- 
ing one  copy  thereof  in  each  of  the  several  voting  precincts, 
not  less  than  seven  days  before  the  time  of  meeting,  and  be 
returned  to  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  6.  The  city  clerk  shall  attend  all  general  meetings  of 
the  citizens  which  may  be  held  by  virtue  of  warrants  issued  by 
the  board  of  aldermen ;  shall  open  such  meetings  by  reading 
the  warrant  therefor;  and  shall  continue  to  preside  thereat 
until  a  moderator  is  chosen.  He  shall  keep  in  a  separate  book, 
a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  such  meetings,  and  shall  insert 
in  the  record  copies  of  all  reports  or  other  documents  upon 
which  said  proceedings  have  been  founded. 


CJIAP.    35.]  BRIDGE    CHARITABLE    FUND.  211 


CHAPTER  35. 

BRIDGE    CHARITABLE    FUND. 

SECTION   i.     The  fund  given  to  the  city  of.  the  late  Levi   Name  of  fund. 
Bridge  shall  be  called  the  Bridge  Charitable  Fund ;  and  the 
income  therefrom  shall  be  applied  in  accordance  with  the  pro-  ap°Jiied0  be 
visions  of  his  deed  of  trust. 

SECT.  2.     The  mayor,  the  president  of  the  board  of  alder-  ^omTo  Consist 
men,  and  the  president  of  the  common  council,  shall  be  the 
trustees  of  said  fund. 

SECT.  3.     Said  trustees  shall  have  the  care  and  management  Care  of  fund- 
of  said  fund,  and  shall  keep  the  same  invested  in  such  manner 
as  they  deem  expedient. 

SECT.  4.     The  mayor  shall  be,  ex  officio,  chairman  of  the  Annual  report, 
board  of  trustees ;  and  the  trustees  shall  keep  a  record  of  their 
doings,  and,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report 
thereof  to  the  city  council. 


212 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  36. 


Name    of    fund. 


Trustees. 


Duties   of   trustees. 


Shall   appoint   an 
agent. 


Chairman   of 
board. 

Annual    report. 


CHAPTER  36. 

SANDERS   TEMPERANCE    FUND. 

SECTION  i.  The  fund  of  ten  thousand  dollars  given  to  the 
city  by  the  will  of  the  late  Charles  Sanders,  shall  be  called  the 
Sanders  Temperance  Fund. 

SECT.  2.  The  mayor,  the  president  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men and  the  president  of  the  common  council,  shall  be  the 
trustees  of  said  fund. 

SECT.  3.  Said  trustees  shall  have  the  care  and  management 
of  said  fund,  and  shall  keep  the  same  invested  in  notes  of  the 
city,  with  interest  payable  quarterly,  at  six  per  cent.,  to  the 
order  of  the  trustees ;  and  they  shall  appoint  an  agent  to  be 
employed  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  will  of  the  donor  of 
this  fund,  who  shall  receive  his  salary  in  equal  quarterly  pay- 
ments from  the  trustees,  and  shall  hold  his  office  at  their 
pleasure. 

SECT.  4.  The  mayor  shall  be,  ex  officio,  chairman  of  the 
board  of  trustees,  and  they  shall  keep  a  record  of  their  doings, 
and  annually,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report 
thereof  to  the  city  council. 


CHAP.  37.]  TKUANTS.  213 


CHAPTER  37. 

TRUANTS. 

1  SECTION  i.  Any  minor,  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  Truants,  etc. 
fifteen  years,  convicted  of  being  an  habitual  truant,  or  wander- 
ing about  in  the  streets  or  public  places  of  Cambridge,  having 
no  lawful  occupation  or  business,  not  attending  school,  and 
growing  up  in  ignorance,  and  such  children  as  persistently 
violate  the  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  of  the  public 
schools,  shall  be  committed  to  the  Middlesex  Truant  School 
for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years.  The  Middlesex  County 
Truant  School  is  the  place  provided  for  the  confinement,  dis- 
cipline, and  instruction  of  such  children. 

1  Amended  Dec.   19,   1894. 


214 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.   38. 


Workhouse 
established  for 
employment    and 
support   of 
various    classes. 
P.   S.  c.  33,  §   1. 


Almshouse  to 
be  the 
workhouse. 


CHAPTER  38. 

WORKHOUSE. 

SECTION  I.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge a  workhouse  for  the  employment  and  support  of  the 
following  description  of  persons,  that  is  to  say,  poor  and  in- 
digent persons  that  are  maintained  by,  or  receive  alms  from, 
the  city ;  persons  who,  being  able  of  body  to  work,  and  not  hav- 
ing estate  or  means  otherwise  to  maintain  themselves,  refuse 
or  neglect  to  work;  persons  who  live  a  dissolute,  vagrant  life, 
and  exercise  no  ordinary  calling  or  lawful  business;  and  per- 
sons who  spend  their  time  and  property  in  public  houses,  to  the 
neglect  of  their  proper  business,  or  who,  by  otherwise  mis- 
spending what  they  earn,  to  the  impoverishment  of  themselves 
and  their  families,  are  likely  to  become  chargeable  to  the  city. 

SECT.  2.  The  present l  Cambridge  City  House  is  hereby 
constituted  and  declared  the  workhouse  of  the  city,  as  set  forth 
in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter. 

1  Amended   May  9,   1900. 


CHAP.  39.]  DOGS.  215 


CHAPTER  39. 

DOGS. 

SECTION  i.     No  person  shall  own  or  keep  in  the  city  any   p.  s.  c.  102, 
dog  which  by  barking,  biting,  howling  or  in  any  other  manner, 
disturbs  the  quiet  of  any  person.     Whoever  violates  this  pro- 
vision shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 


2l6  GENERAL   ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.   40. 


CHAPTER  40. 

SHUT-OFFS  IN  GAS  SUPPLY  PIPES. 

<my   pubiicbe(1  Whenever  gas  is  furnished  to  any  public  building  hereafter 

building.  constructed  and  used  as  a  church,  public  school,  or  public  hall, 

or  as.  an  apartment  or  tenement  house  containing  four  or  more 
suites  of  rooms,  or  as  a  manufactory  when  supplied  by  service 
pipe  of  not  less  than  one  inch  in  diameter,  there  shall  be  placed 
a  proper  shut-off  in  the  supply  pipe  outside  of  such  building, 
the  expense  thereof  to  be  borne  by  the  person  or  company 
supplying  the  gas. 


CHAP.  41.]  GUNPOWDER    AND    EXI'I.OSIYK    COMPOUNDS. 


CHAPTER  41. 1 

GUNPOWDER   AND  EXPLOSIVE   COMPOUNDS. 

SECTION  i.     No  gunpowder,  dynamite,  gun-cotton,   fulmi-  Gunpowder,  etc., 

1      •  i     11    i        i  vu-       ^      how  to  **  kePL 

nate  or  other  explosive  compounds  shall  be  kept  within  the  p.  s.  c.  102,  §  50. 
city,  unless  it  is  well  secured  in  tight  casks,  boxes  or  canisters, 
and  no  person  shall  store  or  keep  for  sale  gunpowder,  dyna- 
mite, gun-cotton,  fulminate  or  other  explosive  compounds,  in 
any  building  other  than  described  in  section  7  of  this  ordinance. 

SECT.  2.     No  gunpowder,   dynamite,  gun-cotton   fulminate  Above  fifty 

,         •  ...  ,.     cf.       pounds   not  to   be 

or   other   explosive   compounds   above   the   quantity   of   fifty  kept  within 

t    .  ,  ,,          twenty-five   rods, 

pounds  shall  be  kept  or  deposited  in  any  shop,  store  or  other  etc. 
building,  or  in  a  ship  or  vessel,  which  is  within  the  distance 
of  twenty-five  rods  from  any  building  or  from  a  wharf. 

SECT.  3.     No  gunpowder,  dynamite,  gun-cotton,   fulminate  ^nd^nof^bl 
or  other  compounds  aboVe  the  quantity  of  twenty-five  pounds  "J$i  ^JJJ111  ten 
shall  be  kept  or  deposited  in  any  shop,  store  or  other  building  p-  s-  c-  102'»  §  56- 
within  ten  rods  of  any  other  building. 

SECT.  4.     No  gunpowder  above  the  quantity  of  one  pound  £J°vteo  one  ^pound 
shall  be  kept  or  deposited  in  any  shop,  store  or  other  building  2£thiSniess  retc.' 
within  ten  rods  of  any  other  building,  unless  the  same  be  well  p-  's-  c-  10^  §  ~}l]- 
secured  in  copper,  tin  or  brass  canisters,  holding  not  exceeding 
five  pounds  each,  and  closely  covered  with  copper,  tin  or  brass 
covers,  according  to  the  eighty-ninth  section  of  the  one  hun- 
dred and  second  chapter  of  the  Revised  Laws. 

SECT.  5.  No  gunpowder,  dynamite,  gun-cotton,  fulminate  £undred°ne 
or  other  explosive  compounds  shall  be  conveyed  through  the 
streets  of  the  City  of  Cambridge  before  one  o'clock  A.  M.,  or  £fyg  ^nlJJ|;  §et6o. 
later  than  five  o'clock  p.  M.,  and  then  only  if  the  same  be 
enclosed  in  tight  casks,  boxes  or  canisters  which  shall  prevent 
the  escape  of  any  particle  of  their  contents,  and  conveyed  in 
a  rubber-tired  vehicle,  first  approved  by  the  Chief  Engineer 
of  the  Fire  Department.  Said  vehicle  to  be  closely  and 
entirely  covered  with  leather  or  painted  canvas,  on  the  front, 
back  and  sides  of  which  shall  be  painted  the  word  "Danger- 
ous" in  black  letters  at  least  ten  inches  in  height,  the  bottom 
and  sides  of  which  vehicle  shall  be  lined  with  leather,  felt  or 
some  other  soft  substance,  so  as  to  prevent  friction ;  nor  shall 

1  Amended   Nov.  4.  V.MU. 


218 


GENERAL   ORDIXAXCES. 


[CHAP.   41. 


Inspection    of 

vehicles 

containing 

gunpowder. 

P.    S.    c.    102,    §60. 


Persons    keeping 
explosive 
compounds  in 
any   building 
shall  notify   chief 
engineer    of    fire 
department. 
S.   1882,   c.   269. 


any  two  or  more  vehicles  containing  gunpowder,  dynamite, 
gun-cotton,  fulminate  or  other  explosive  compounds  be 
allowed  within  sixty  rods  of  each  other;  nor  remain  in  the 
City  over  night,  nor  stand  more  than  ten  minutes  within  two 
hundred  yards  of  any  dwelling  house ;  nor  be  driven  at  a  speed 
greater  than  a  walk,  nor  unless  said  vehicle  be  attended  by 
at  least  two  men,  one  as  driver  and  the  other  in  direct  charge 
or  custody  of  said  gunpowder,  dynamite,  gun-cotton,  fulminate 
or  other  explosive  compounds,  being  so  conveyed. 

SECT.  6.  Every  vehicle  for  the  conveying  of  gunpowder, 
dynamite,  gun-cotton,  fulminate  or  other  explosive  com- 
pounds, in  or  through  the  City,  shall  be  subject,  at  all  times, 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Mayor,  any  Alderman,  police  officer, 
or  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department. 

SECT.  7.  All  persons  who  shall  store  or  keep  for  sale  gun- 
powder or  any  other  explosive  compounds  above  the  quantity 
of  one  pound  in  any  building  shall,  immediately  on  the  receipt 
of  such  gunpowder  or  other  explosive  compounds,  deliver  to 
the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  a  statement  in 
writing  of  the  amount  of  such  gunpowder  or  other  explosive 
compounds  kept  or  proposed  to  be  kept,  together  with  an 
accurate  description  of  the  building  and  of  the  room  or  rooms 
of  the  building  in  which  the  same  is  kept,  or  is  proposed  to  be 
kept. 


CHAP.   42.]  JUNK,   OLD   METALS,   ETC. 


CHAPTER  42.  l 

BOTTLES,    JUNK,    OLD     METALS,     SECOND-HAND    ARTICLES,     RAGS, 
BARRELS   AND   BOXES. 

SECTION,  i.  No  person,  corporation,  member  of  a  co-part- 
nership or  firm  shall  solicit  for,  be  a  collector  of,  or  dealer  in 
junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags,  or  keeper  of  a 
shop  for  the  purchase,  storage,  sale,  or  barter  of  junk,  old 
metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags  in  this  City  unless  duly 
licensed  therefor  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  unless  such 
person,  corporation,  co-partnership  or  firm  complies  with  all 
ordinances  and  laws  now  and  hereafter  enacted  and  passed 
with  reference  and  applicable  to  junk  old  metals,  second-hand 
articles  and  rags. 

"SECT.  2.  Each  license  issued  to  such  dealers  in  bottles,  Form  of  license, 
junk,  old  metals  and  second-hand  articles,  and  collector  and 
dealer  in  rags,  barrels  and  boxes,  shall  set  forth  the  name  of 
the  party  licensed,  the  nature  of  the  business,  and  the  build- 
ing, place  or  vehicle  in  which  it  is  to  be  carried  on,  and  shall 
continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May,  next  ensuing, 
unless  sooner  revoked.  The  place  of  business  shall  not  be 
changed  during  the  continuance  of  the  license  except  by 
special  consent  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  The  fees  for  Fe€ 
licenses  shall  be  as  follows :  For  keepers  of  shops  for  the  pur- 
chase, storage,  sale,  barter,  or  exchange  of  bottles,  junk,  old 
metals,  second-hand  articles  and  rags,  except  for  keepers  of 
shops  for  the  purchase,  storage,  sale,  barter,  or  exchange  of 
household  furniture,  and  for  such  solicitors,  collectors  of  and 
dealers  in- tMe  aforesaid  articles,  Ten  Dollars  ($10.00)  for  each 
license.  For  keepers  of  shops  for  the  purchase,  storage,  sale, 
barter  or  exchange  of  household  furniture,  Five  Dollars 
($5.00)  for  each  license.  For  dealers  in  barrels  and  boxes, 
Five  Dollars  ($5.00)  for  each  license.  For  collectors  of 
barrels  and  boxes,  Fifty  Cents  ($0.50)  for  each  license.  No 

Amended  April  4,  1900. 
Amended  May  10.  1900. 
Amended  Deo.  28.  1900. 
Amended  April  29.  1908. 
Amended  May  10,  1910. 
Amended  Jan.  23,  1911. 


22O 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  42. 


To  keep  record  of 
purchases,    etc. 


To  put  signs  on 
shops. 


Purchase  from 
minor. 


such  license  should  be  transferable,1  nor  shall  such  license  be 
exercised  on  legal  holidays. 

SECT.  3.  Every  keeper  of  a  shop  for  the  purchase,  storage, 
sale  or  barter  of  junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags 
shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  legibly  written  in  the 
English  language  at  the  time  of  purchase  of  any  article 
a  description  thereof,  the  name,  age  and  residence,  giving 
street  and  number,  when  possible,  of  the  person  from  whom 
and  the  day  and  hour  when  such  purchase  was  made.  No 
entry  in  such  book  shall  be  changed,  erased,  obliterated  or 
defaced.  Such  book,  any  such  shop  and  all  articles  of  mer- 
chandise therein  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the  examination 
of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  or  any  person  authorized  by  either 
of  them  to  make  such  examination. 

SECT.  4.  Every  such  keeper  of  a  shop  shall  put  in  some 
suitable  and  conspicuous  place  on  his  shop  a  sign  having  his 
name  and  occupation  legibly  inscribed  thereon  in  large  letters, 
so  that  the  same  may  be  distinctly  seen. 

SECT.  5.  No  keeper  of  such  shop,  and  no  solicitor,  col- 
lector or  dealer  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  either  purchase  or 
receive  by  way  of  barter  or  exchange  any  junk,  old  metals, 
second-hand  articles  or  rags  of  a  minor  or  apprentice,  knowing 
or  having  reason  to  believe  him  to  be  such. 

SECT.  6.  No  article  purchased  or  received  by  any  keeper 
of  such  shop  shall  be  sold  until  a  period  of  at  least  one  week 
shall  elapse  from  the  date  of  its  purchase  or  receipt. 

SECT.  7.  No  keeper  of  any  shop  shall  have  his  shop  open 
for  the  transaction  of  business,  nor  shall  he  purchase,  sell,  or 
barter  any  junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles,  or  rags, 
except  between  sunrise  and  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  any 
week  day. 

SECT.  8.  Every  vehicle  used  in  the  collection  of  junk,  old 
metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags  shall  have  the  name  of 
the  owner  and  the  number  of  his  license,2  painted  upon  the 
outside  of  each  side  of  his  vehicle  in  plain,  legible  letters  and 
figures  of  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  height,  so 
that  they  may  be  distinctly  seen.  The  contents  of  such  vehicles 
shall  be  subject  at  all  times  to  the  examination  of  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen,  or  any  person  authorized  by  either  of  them  to  make 
such  examination.  * 

SECT.  9.  A  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  or  any  sub- 
sequent ordinance  that  may  be  passed  in  the  premises  shall  of 

1  Amended  June  27,  1913. 
-Amended   May   17,  1012. 


CHAP.'  42.]  JUNK,   OLD  METALS,   ETC.  221 

itself  be  sufficient  cause  and  reason  to  revoke  any  such  license. 
The  Board  of  Aldermen  reserve  the  right  at  any  time  for  any 
other  cause  sufficient  to  them  to  revoke  any  such  license. 

SECT.  10.  Whoever,  not  being  so  licensed,  keeps  such  shop, 
or  is  such  solicitor,  collector  or  dealer,  or  being  licensed,  keeps 
such  shop,  or  is  such  solicitor,  collect  or  dealer,  in  any  other 
place  or  manner  than  that  designated  in  the  license,  or  after 
notice  to  him  of  the  revocation  of  his  license,  shall  forfeit 
Twenty  Dollars  for  each  offence ;  and  whoever  violates  any 
rule,  regulation  or  restriction  contained  in  his  license,  shall 
forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  Twenty  Dollars  for  each  offence. 

SECT.  ii.  Chapter  forty-two  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Cambridge,  as  amended  to  November  8,  1899,  and 
ordinances  in  amendment  of  the  same,  approved,  respectively, 
April  4,  1900,  and  May  10,  1900,  are  hereby  repealed. 

SECT.  12.  This  ordinance  shall  not  affect  any  act  done, 
any  right  accrued,  and  suit,  prosecution,  or  proceedings  pend- 
ing at  the  time  when  it  takes  effect,  nor  shall  the  repeal  of 
the  ordinance  mentioned  in  section  eleven  of  this  ordinance 
have  the  effect  of  reviving  an  ordinance  theretofore  repealed 
or  superseded  or  the  effect  of  preventing  any  punishment  or 
penalty  incurred  before  the  repeal  took  effect,  or  of  interfering 
with  any  suit,  prosecution  or  proceeding  pending  at  the  time 
of  the  repeal  for  an  offence  committed  under  the  ordinance 
repealed. 


222 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  43. 


CHAPTER   43. 


and 


License   for 
manufacture 
storage  of 
petroleum  to  be   . 
obtained  of  board 
of  aldermen. 
P.  -S.   c.   102, 
§§  73.  75. 


No   license  to 
be   granted  for 
certain    places. 


Petroleum   to   be 
kept  in   metallic 
vessels  in  certain 
cases. 


No   license  to 

be  granted  unless 

inspected. 

S.    1885,    c.    122. 


Licenses  may 

be  granted   under 

certain 

restrictions. 


PETROLEUM. 

SECTION  i.  Any  person  desiring  to  manufacture,  refine, 
mix,  store;  or  keep  for  sale  any  oil  or  fluid,  composed 
wholly  or  in  part  of  any  of  the  products  of  petroleum,  in 
any  place,  except  as  provided  in  the  seventy-second  section  of 
chapter  one  hundred  and  two  of  the  public  statutes,  shall  apply 
in  writing  for  a  license  therefor,  to  the  board  of  aldermen ;  and 
shall  state  in  his  application  the  place,  building,  or  part  of  a 
building,  for  which  he  desires  a  license,  and  whether  he  desires 
a  license  for  manufacturing,  refining  and  mixing  said  articles, 
or  any  of  them,  or  a  license  for  storing  or  keeping  them,  or 
both.  Such  application  shall  be  referred  to  the  chief  engineer  of 
the  fire  department,  who  shall,  within  one  week  from  the 
time  of  such  reference,  examine,  or  cause  to  be  examined  by 
one  of  the  call  district  chiefs,  the  place  or  building  described 
in  such  application,  and  report  in  writing  to  the  board  of 
aldermen  his  opinion  of  the  propriety  of  granting  the 
license;  but  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  quantities  not 
exceeding  fifty  gallons  kept  by  families  for  their  private 
use,  nor  to  quantities  not  exceeding  one  hundred  gallons 
kept  in  manufactories  for  use  on  the  premises. 

SECT.  2.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for  manufacturing, 
refining,  mixing,  storing  or  keeping  said  articles,  or  any 
of  them,  upon  any  alley,  sidewalk,  street  or  wharf,  nor  upon 
any  floor  of  a  building  above  the  first  floor. 

SECT.  3.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for  mixing,  storing  or 
keeping  crude  petroleum  naphtha,  or  gasoline,  in  any  part  of 
a  building  above  the  cellar,  unless  said  articles  are  contained 
in  metallic  vessels  securely  closed. 

SECT.  4.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for,  and  no  person 
shall  sell  or  keep  for  sale  at  retail,  for  illuminating  purposes, 
refined  petroleum,  or  any  product  of  petroleum,  unless  the 
same  has  been  inspected  and  approved  by  an  inspector  duly 
authorized  by  some  city  or  town  in  this  Commonwealth. 

SECT.  5.  Except  as  hereinbefore  provided,  licenses  may  be 
granted  for  manufacturing,  refining,  mixing,  storing  and 
keeping  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  in  cellars,  or  upon  the 


CHAP.  43.]  PETROLEIM.  223 

first  floor  of  buildings,  or  in  other  suitable  localities,  in  such 
quantities  over  one  hundred  gallons,  and  in  such  a  manner 
as  the  board  of  aldermen  may  determine  except  that  no 
license  shall  be  granted  for  manufacturing,  refining,  mixing, 
storing  or  keeping  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  upon  the 
first  floor  of  any  building  in  a  greater  quantity  than  four 
hundred  gallons,  unless  the  same  be  contained  in  metallic 
vessels  securelv  closed,  or  the  foundations  and  walls  of  said 
building  be  of  brick,  stone  or  iron,  and  the  sills  or  walls  of 
said  building  be  built  without  apertures  for  a  space  of  at 
least  one  foot  above  the  floor. 

SECT.  6.  There  shall  be  expressed  in  said  license  the  name  License  to  express 
of  the  person  to  whom  the  license  is  granted,  and  whether  c 
he  is  permitted  to  manufacture,  refine  and  mix  said  articles, 
or  ,any  of  them,  or  to  store  or  keep  them,  or  both ;  and  a 
description  of  the  place,  building  6r  part  of  a  building 
licensed,  and  any  limitations  upon  the  quantity  of  said  arti- 
cles, or  any  of  them,  which  may  be  manufactured,  refined, 
mixed,  stored  or  kept  therein,  or  upon  the  manner  of  manu- 
facturing, refining,  mixing,  storing  or  keeping  the  same, 
which  the  board  of  aldermen  may  in  each  case  see  fit  to 
impose ;  and  any  person  so  licensed  may  manufacture,  refine, 
mix,  store  or  keep  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  according 
to  the  terms  of  his  license,  either  on  his  own  account  or  on 
account  of  any  other  person. 

SECT.  7.     Any   person   holding   such   a   license   shall   allow   Premises  to  be 
the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department,  or  any  of  the  call   inspection  of 

,    certain    officers. 

district  chiefs,  or  any  inspector  appointed  by  the  board  of 
aldermen,  to  enter  the  premises  described  in  the  license, 
and  take  such  samples  of  oils,  and  make  such  examinations 
of  the  premises,  as  said  engineers  or  inspectors  deem  expe- 
dient. Any  violation  of  the  terms  of  said  license  shall  work  violation, 
a  revocation  of  the  same,  and  the  board  of  aldermen  may 
revoke  such  license  at  any  time. 

SECT.  8.     Tiie  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department  shall    pief  engineer 

to    make   complaints 

make  complaint  to  the  third  district  court  of  Eastern  Mid-  an<*  *>ring  suits, 
dlesex  of  all  violations  of  the  provisions  of  section  seven 
of  chapter  fifty-nine  or  of  sections  sixty-nine  to  seventy- 
five,  inclusive,  of  chapter  one  hundred  and  two  of  the  public 
statutes,  and  bring  suits  in  the  name  of  the  mayor  of  the 
city  against  all  persons  who  manufacture,  refine,  mix,  store 
or  keep  for  sale  any  oil  or  fluid,  composed  wholly  or  in  part 
of  the  products  of  petroleum,  without  the  license  required 
by  this  chapter. 


224 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


I  CHAP.  44. 


CHAPTER  44. 


UNDERTAKERS. 


Undertakers, 
appointment    of. 
P.   S.  c.  B'2,  §  0. 


No   other   person 
to    bury    or 
remove   dead 
body. 


Notice   of   death 
to  be   given   to 
an    undertaker. 


Duties  of 

undertakers. 

P.  S.  c.  207,  §  24. 


Undertakers 
may  employ 
porters. 


Opening  of 
graves. 


Fees   of 
undertakers. 


SECTION  i.  Annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  or  within 
sixty  days  thereafter,  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by 
the  board  of  aldermen,  shall  appoint  a  suitable  number  of 
undertakers,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  first 
Monday  in  February  in  the  year  of  their  appointment, 
unless  sooner  removed.  No  person  except  such  undertaker, 
or  one  appointed  by  him  acting  in  his  place,  shall  bury  or 
remove  the  body  of  any  deceased  person,  or  undertake  the 
management  of  any  funeral. 

SECT.  2.  Whenever  any  person  dies  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  the  nearest  relative,  or  the  person  in  whose  house 
the  death  occurred,  or  any  other  person  who  has  first  be- 
come informed  of  the  event,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  made 
known  to  an  undertaker  as  soon  as  practicable.  Any  under- 
taker informed  of  the  decease  of  any  person  within  the 
limits  of  his  district,  shall  take  the  personal  charge  of  all 
necessary  arrangements  for  the  removal  and  burial  of  the 
body  of  the  deceased,  and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  decent, 
orderly  and  faithful  management  of  the  funeral  undertaken 
by  him,  and  for  a  strict  compliance  with  the  ordinances  of 
the  city  in  this  behalf. 

SECT.  3.  Each  undertaker  may  employ  porters  of  a  dis- 
creet and  sober  character  to  assist  him.  and  he  shall  be 
accountable  for  their  conduct.  Said  undertakers  and  por- 
ters may  be  removed  at  the  pleasure  of  the  mayor  and  alder- 
men. No  person  not  appointed  as  aforesaid  shall  open  any 
tomb  or  grave  for  the  purpose  of  depositing  or  removing  a 
dead  body,  without  the  permission  of  the  board  of  health. 

SECT.  4.  For  services  rendered  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  an  undertaker  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  the  following  fees,  .and  no  more,  to  wit : — 

For  a  hearse  with  one  horse,  five  dollars. 

For  a  hearse  with  two  horses  six  dollars. 

For  services  of  himself  and  of  his  assistants  at  the  house, 
and  in  carrying  the  body  from  the  house  to  the  grave  or 
tomb, — for  a  person  twelve  years  of  age  and  upwards,  four 


CHAP.  44.]  UNDERTAKERS 

dollars;  for  a  person  less  than  twelve  years  of  age,  two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

For  carrying  a  body  out  of  the  city,  he  shall  be  allowed, 
in  addition,  fifty  cents  for  every  mile  which  he  shall  carry 
the  same  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city. 

The  foregoing  table  of  fees  shall  be  printed  upon  the 
license  issued  to  an  undertaker. 

The  compensation  required  by  law  to  be  paid  for  obtain-   Fees  for 
ing  and  returning  the  information  required  by  statute  con-   SeatS!"* 
cerning  persons  deceased,  shall  be  understood  as  included    p-  s>  c-  32>  §  4t 
in  the  foregoing  fees. 


226 


GENERAL    ORD]  NAN  CES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


CHAPTER  45. 


P.  S.  c.  27,  §  15. 
P.  S.  c.  3,  §  3, 
cl.  15. 

Remaining  on 
sidewalk    so    as 
to   obstruct 
travel    forbidden 
penalty. 


Climbing    trees, 

posting  bills  on 

trees,    and   tying 

horses  to  trees 

forbidden. 

P.  S.  c.  54,  §§  7,  8. 


Grazing    animals, 

etc.,  feeding  and 

going   at   large 

forbidden. 

P.  S.  c.  53,  §  10 


Fast    driving 

prohibited ; 

P.   S.  c.  53,  §  13. 


Teams  not  to 
stop  on  flagging 
stones. 


GENERAL     REGULATIONS     FOR     STREETS,     COMMONS,     RESERVOIRS, 
AND  OTHER  PUBLIC   PLACES. 

Streets. 

SECTION  I.  No  person  shall  remain  for  a  longer  time  than 
twenty  minutes  upon  a  sidewalk  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
obstruct  the  free  passage  of  foot  travellers,  or  upon  any 
building,  to  the  annoyance  or  disturbance  of  any  person, 
nor  shall  any  person  habitually  loiter  and  remain  upon  a 
sidewalk  in  said  manner,  after  having  been  within  three 
months  previously  requested  by  a  police  officer  to  cease  so 
doing,  nor  shall  any  person  remain  on  a  sidewalk  in  said 
manner  for  more  than  five  minutes  after  being  requested 
by  a  police  officer  to  move  on. 

SECT.  2.  No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  in  any  street  or 
fasten  or  tie  a  horse  or  other  animal  to,  or  post  a  bill  upon,, 
any  such  tree,  or  allow  any  horse  or  other  animal  owned  by 
him,  or  under  his  control  to  stand  so  near  any  such  tree,  that 
such  tree  may  be  gnawed  or  otherwise  injured  by  such 
horse  or  other  animal  so  allowed  to  stand,  and  no  person 
shall  place  a  sign  upon  or  around  any  tree  on  any  street 
of  the  city. 

SECT.  3.  No  owner  or  person  having  the  care  of  any  do- 
mestic fowls,  or  any  goats,  sheep  swine,  horses,  oxen,  cows, 
or  other  grazing  animals,  shall  permit  or  suffer  the  same 
to  go  at  large,  or  to  graze  on  any  street1;  and  no  person 
shall  publicly  exhibit  any  animal  in  the  streets  or  public 
places  of  the  city  except  in  accordance  with  a  permit  from 
the  superintendent  of  the  streets  or  a  license  from  the 
board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  4.  No  person  having  the  care  or  use  of  a  horse  or 
other  beast  of  burden,  carriage,  or  draught,  shall  ride,  drive 
or  permit  such  horse  or  other  beast  to  go  at  a  greater  rate 
of  speed  than  eight  miles  an  hour  in  any  street. 

SECT.  5.  No  person  shall  stop  his  team  or  carriage,  or 
unnecessarily  place  any  other  obstruction,  on  any  flagging- 
stones  or  other  footways  laid  in  or  across  any  street,  nor 

3  Amended  June  30,  1893. 


CHAP.  45.]  GENERAL  REGI/LATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  227 

suffer  his  wagon  or  other  vehicle  to  remain  an  unnecessary 
length  of  time  in  any  street. 

SI-XT.  6.     Xo  person  shall,  by  any  noise,  gestures,  words  or  ^gJJfS"^8  borsos 
other   means,   wantonly   and   designedly   frighten    or   drive 
any  horse  in  any  street. 

SECT.  7.     The  owners  and  occupants  of   stables   shall  not  horsesgnotato  be 
wash  or  clean  carriages  or  horses  in  the  streets,  or  cause  gleet's*  etc 
them   to  be  there  washed  or  cleaned,   nor   shall   they   other- 
wise encumber  the  streets. 

SECT.  8.     No  person  shall  expose,  in  or  upon  any  street,  taming,  or 

'    exposing  gannng 

public  ground  or  common,  any  table  or  device  of  any  kind,  devices  forbidden. 

by  or  upon  which  any  game  of  hazard  or  chance  can  be 

played  ;  nor  shall  any  person  play  any  such  game  at  such 

table  or  device,   in   or  upon  any   street,  public   ground  or 

common. 

SECT.  9.     Xo  person   shall  place  or  keep  any  table,   stall,  No  tables,  stalls, 

*  etc.,  in  street 

booth  or  other  erection,  in  anv  street,  public  place  or  .any  without  permis- 

sion. 

sidewalk,  for  the  sale  of  fruit  or  other  things,  without  per- 
mission from  the  mayor. 

c*  -v-  t11  A     •        ,  e  r    Discharge    of 

SECT.   10.     Xo  person  shall,  except  in  the  performance  ot   fire-arms 

...  1-1  -1  i  f-  forbidden 

some  legal   duty,  discharge  any  gun,  pistol   or  other  fire- 

arm, within  the  city  limits.  No  bonfires 

SECT.   ii.     Xo  person  shall  make  a  bonfire  in  any  street.  p1.10^!'  206,  §  12. 

SECT.   12.     Xo  person  shall  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  Tnjuring  guide- 

guide-post  or  guide-board,   any   lamp-post,   or   lamp   or   Ian-  pS*1  Indies 

tern   thereon  ;   or  any  tree,   building,   fence,  post  or  other  |^ebipde^'  c   003 

thing,  set,  erected  or  made  for  the  use  or  ornament  of  the  §  76- 
city. 

SECT.   i*.     Xo  person  shall  paint  of  draw   any  words  or  Defacing  property 

9  forbidden. 

figures,  or  post  any  written  or  printed  matter,  upon  the 
property  of  any  private  person  or  corporation,  without  the 
consent  of  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  nor  upon  any 
property  of  the  city,  without  the  consent  of  the  mayor. 

SECT.   14.     Xo  person  shall  play  ball,  or  throw  a  stone,  or  Also  playing 

*  ball,    throwing 

a  snow  ball,  or  other  missile  in  any  street,  or  upon  or  from   stones,  etc. 
any  bridge. 


XT  1    11     i  •  1  i   Also 

.   15.     Xo  person  shall  shoot  with  or  use  a  bow  and  bow  and  arrow 

arrow  or  air-gun  in  a  street,  or  upon  or  from  any  bridge. 

ic-  ^        AT  i     11  11  L    Also  coasting, 

^ECT.   1  6.     Xo  person  shall  coast  upon  a  sled  on  any  street  except,  etc. 
of   this  city   without   the   written   permission   of   the   mayor  ; 
and  -without   such   written   permission   no   person,   in   any 
public  street  or  square  of  this  city,  shall  ride  a  bicycle  or 

1  Amended  Dec.  5,  18JH. 


228 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Riding   bicycle 
and    tricycle. 


Use  of  veloci- 
pedes. 


Also   bathing 
in  view  of 
spectators. 


Also   cleaning 
carpets. 


Possession    of 
clubs,   etc., 
forbidden. 


Also  toy   pistols, 
rubber  slings,  etc. 
S.   1882,  c.   272. 


Also    disorderly 
conduct   on   street. 


No   dirt,  etc., 
to  be  placed   in 
any   drinking 
fountain,   etc. 


Lighting,    etc., 
street  lamps 
without    authority 
forbidaen. 

Show-boards, 
etc.,  not  to  be 
carried   on 
sidewalk. 


tricycle  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding  ten  miles  an  hour,  and 
only  for  the  time,  and  upon  such  portions  of  the  public 
ways,  streets,  or  squares  aforesaid  as  may  be  specified  in 
said  permit.  Such  reasonable  conditions  shall  be  attached 
to  such  permits  as  the  mayor  may  deem  proper,  .and  in 
accord  with  the  circumstances  and  for  the  occasion  for 
which  the  permits  may  respectively  be  granted.  Between 
the  hours  of  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  five  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon,  children  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
may  use  the  velocipedes  on  any  sidewalk  in  any  public 
way,  street,  or  square  of  this  city.  In  no  part  of  any  public 
grounds,  commons,  enclosures,  and  parks,  now  or  that 
hereafter  may  be  under  the  general  charge  of  the  park  com- 
missioners, shall  children  use  a  velocipede  without  the  writ 
ten  permit  of  the  park  commissioners.1 

SECT.  17.  No  person  in  a  nude  state  shall  swim  or  bathe  in 
any  waters  within  or  surrounding  the  city,  so  as  to  be  ex- 
posed to  the  view  of  passengers  or  other  persons  in  any 
street  or  house  within  the  city. 

SECT.  1 8.  No  person  shall  shake  or  otherwise  clean  a  carpet 
in  any  street. 

SECT.  19.  No  person  shall  have  in  his  possession  a  club  or 
bludgeon,  on  any  street,  with  intent  to  use  the  same  in  a 
sport,  sham-fight  or  strife,  or  to  intimidate  any  person  01 
horse. 

SECT.  20.  No  person  shall  have  in  his  possession  a  toy- 
pistol,  crotch,  rubber  sling,  or  other  device  for  throwing 
missiles  of  any  kind,  with  intent  to  use  the  same  to  the 
injury  of  persons  or  property,  or  to  the  annoyance  or  dis- 
comfort of  any  person,  upon  any  street. 

SECT.  21.  No  person  shall  behave  himself  in  a  rude  or  dis- 
orderly manner,  or  use  any  indecent,  profane  or  insulting 
language,  in  any  street  or  public  place. 

SECT.  22.  No  person  shall  place  in  any  drinking  fountain, 
trough,  or  basin  of  water,  set  up  or  established  in  any 
street  in  the  city,  for  the  use  of  man  or  beast,  any  dirt,  stone, 
ashes,  rubbish,  offal,  filth  or  any  other  foreign  matter,1  or 
unnecessarily  waste  or  use  the  water  thereof. 

SECT.  23.  No  person  shall  light  or  extinguish,  without  au- 
thority, any  public  lamp  in  any  street. 

SECT.  24.  No  person  shall,  without  authority  from  the 
mayor,  place  or  carry,  or  cause  to  be  placed  or  carried,  on 

1  Amended  Oct.  25,  1906. 


CHAP.  45.]  CKNKKAI.  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  229 

a  sidewalk,  a  show-board,  placard,  or  sign  for  the  purpose 
of  there  displaying  or  .attracting  attention  to  the  same. 

SECT.  25.     No  person  shall  drive,  ride,  wheel,  or  draw  any  Vehicles,  horses, 

'.  J    etc.,    prohibited 

coach,  cart  or  other  carriage,  or  permit  any  horse,  cattle,  on  sidewalks. 

.  j  t<       Jr.  8.  C.   oo,   §  lo. 

swine  or  sheep,  under  his  care,  to  go  upon  any  sidewalk, 
except  for  the  purpose  of  crossing  as  nearly  as  may  be  at 
right  .angles  to  such  sidewalk  in  order  to  go  into  or  out  of 
some  adjoining  enclosure;  provided,  that  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  children's  carriages  or  sleds  containing  chil- 
dren and  drawn  by  hand ;  nor  shall  he  otherwise  occupy, 
obstruct,  injure,  or  encumber  any  such  sidewalk  so  as  to 
interfere  with  the  convenient  use  of  the  same  by  travellers. 

SECT.  26.     No  person  shall  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  2dewa{ks°by0f 
upon  any  sidewalk,  any  lumber,  iron;  coal,  trunk,  bale,  box,  ^™ber>  boxes« 
crate,  cask,  package,  article  or  thing  whatsoever,  whether 
of  the  same  description   or  not,   so  as   to  obstruct   a   free 
passage  for  travellers  for  more  than  fifteen  minutes. 

No  person   shall   wilfully   and  maliciously  tip   over   and  ^sJ^a^is, 
spill  out  the  contents  of  any  box  or  barrel  containing  ashes  ctc->  forbidden, 
or  other  house  dirt  set  upon  the  sidewalk.     No  person  shall 
throw  or  place  upon  any  sidewalk  or  cross-walk  any  banana 
skin,  orange  peel  or  other  slippery  substance.1 

No  person  shall  carry  or  cause  to  be  carried  on  any 
vehicle  in  any  street,  a  load  the  weight  whereof  exceeds 
fifteen  net  tons,  without  the  written  permission  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Bridges. 

SECT.  27.  No  person  shall  deface  or  injure  any  public  Bridges, 
bridge  or  any  wharf  connected  therewith,  or  unnecessarily  concerning8 
open  the  draw  of  any  such  bridge,  or  obstruct  the  passage 
of  the  same;  nor  shall  any  person,  without  the  consent  of 
the  draw-tender,  make  fast  to  any  public  bridge,  or  draw, 
or  guard,  or  pier  thereof,  any  vessel,  scow,  raft,  or  float,  or 
remain  inside  of  the  draw-gates,  or  on  any  pier,  wharf, 
fender,  or  appurtenance  of  such  draw  while  such  gates  are 
closed ;  nor  shall  any  person,  having  under  his  charge  a 
vessel  passing  through  the  draw  of  any  such  bridge,  refuse 
or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  directions  of  a  draw-tender 
relating  to  such  passing. 

Commons  and  Public  Grounds.  Trees   climbin^ 

tying'  animals 

SECT.  28.     No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  on  any  common  to.  and  posting 

bills  on, 
1  Amemle.1  Nov.  14,  1902.  forbid.len. 


230 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Horses  not 

allowed  on, 
except,   etc. 


Grazing    animals 
not   allowed   on. 


Turf,  etc.,   not 
to   be   dug,   etc. 


Filth,    dirt,    etc., 
not  to  be 
placed    on. 


Wheelbarrows, 
etc.,    not    allowed 
on. 


Cleaning    carpets 
forbidden. 


Athletic   sports 
not   allowed, 
except,   etc. 


Nor   public 
speaking. 


or.  other  public  ground,  nor  tie  a  horse  or  other  animal  to, 
nor  post  a  bill,  nor  place  a  sign  upon  or  around  any  tree  on 
any  common  or  other  public  ground  of  the  city. 

SECT.  29.  Xo  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor, 
shall  ride,  lead,  or  drive  ,a  horse,  in  or  upon  the  commons 
or  other  public  grounds,  except  that  on  occasion  of  a 
military  exercise,  parade  or  review,  horses  necessary  for 
the  purposes  thereof  may  be  allowed  upon  any  common,  or 
other  public  grounds,  used  for  such  exercise,  parade  or 
review. 

SECT.  30.  No  owner  or  keeper  of  a  horse  or  other  grazing 
animal  shall  suffer  the  same  to  go  at  -large  or  feed  upon  any 
common  or  other  public  grounds. 

SECT.  31.  No  person*  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor, 
and  for  some  public  use,  shall  dig  or  carry  away  any  sward, 
gravel,  sand,  turf,  or  earth  from,  nor  carry  or  cause  to  be 
carried  upon  any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  any 
carcass,  ordure,  filth,  dirt,  stones  or  any  offensive  matter 
whatever,  or  throw  or  place  thereon  any  stones,  sand. 
gravel,  tan,  earth,  rubbish  or  other  substance. 

SECT.  32.  No  person  shall  carry  or  cause  to  be  carried 
upon  any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  a  wheelbarrow, 
handcart,1  or  other  vehicle,  for  the  conveyance  of  burdens, 
or  for  pleasure,  except  children's  carriages. 

SECT.  33.  No  person  shall  shake  or  otherwise  clean  a 
carpet  on  any  common  or  other  public  grounds ;  and  no 
person  shall  commit  a  nuisance  thereon ;  2and  no  person 
other  than  an  employee  of  the  city  engaged  in  its  work  shall 
pick  over  or  otherwise  disturb  any  refuse  material,  house 
dirt,  or  ashes  set  out  in  the  streets  or  sidewalks  for  collec- 
tion by  the  city,  or  deposited  by  the  city  on  any  dumping- 
place,  except  in  accordance  with  a  permit  from  the  board 
of  health. 

SECT.  34.  No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor 
shall  engage  in  .a  game  of  ball,  boot-ball,  or  base-ball,  or 
other  athletic  sports  upon  any  common,  or  other  public 
grounds,  except  upon  such  portions  thereof  as  may  be  set 
apart  for  such  purposes. 

SECT.  35.  No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor, 
shall  deliver  a  sermon,  lecture,  address,  or  discourse  on  any 
common  or  other  public  grounds.1  nor  on  any  public  street 
or  wav. 


'  Amondo.l   Julv   2H.   1001. 


CHAP.  45.]  CKXKRAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  231 

SECT.  36.     No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  good |aletc°f  nor 

shall  expose  for  sale  or  sell  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  b°°ths,  tents,  etc. 
on  any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  nor  erect  nor  main- 
tain a  booth,  stand,  tent  or  apparatus  of  any  kind,  for  pur- 
poses of  amusement  or  show  thereon. 

SECT.  37.     No  person  shall  pull  up,  break,  cut  or  deface  any  injury  to 

0/       .  J    seats,  fences,  etc., 

of  the  seats,  fences,  or  railing  upon  or  around  any  common  or  forbidden, 
other  public  grounds,  nor  deface  any  monument  or  statue  on 
any  common,  nor  interfere  with  any  of  the  hydrants  upon  any 
common  or  other  public  ground. 

SECT.  38.     No  person  shall  walk,  stand,  sit.  or  lie  down  in   Walking,  etc., 

on    flower-beds 
or  upon,  or  pull  a  flower  or  plant  out  of  a  flower-bed  on   forbidden. 

any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  nor  suffer  a  dog  or 
other  animal  belonging  to  him,  or  in  his  charge,  to  stand 
or  walk  upon  such  flower-bed. 

SECT.  ^o.     No  person   shall   walk,   stand,   or  lie   upon   the  Also  walking, 

,  .  ..  .      etc.,  on  grass. 

grass  upon  any  common  or  other  public  grounds  where  such 
walking,  standing  or  lying  has  been  prohibited,  and  notice 
of  such  prohibition  given  to  the  public  by  legible  notices 
placed  on  such  common  or  public  ground. 

SECT.  40.     No  person  shall  throw  a  stone,  snowball  or  other  Als°  throwing 

missiles,  etc. 

missile  on  any  common  or  public  grounds. 

SECT.  41.     Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  the  preceding   Penalty, 
sections  of  this  chapter  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not 
more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Reservoirs  for  Water  Supply. 

SECT.  42.     Fresh   Pond  is  hereby  constituted  a   reservoir,  fwlmmfng, 
storage  basin  and  water  supply  for  the  use  of  the  city.    No  forttdfen.etC'' 
person  shall  fish,  or  swim,  or  bathe,  or  permit  any  animal    p>  s 
under  his  control  to  swim  or  bathe  in  Fresh  Pond,  or  other 
reservoir   of    the    water-works,    or    enter    into    the    waters 
thereof,  or  place  or  use  a  boat  in  the  same,  or  throw  dirt, 
rubbish,  filth,  offensive  or  other  foreign  matter,  or  commit 
a  nuisance  therein,  or  on  the  land  and  driveways  of  the 
city   connected   therewith   and   appurtenant   thereto.1   Pro- 
vided, however,  that  the  water  board  may  permit  fishing  in 
Fresh  Pond  Reservoir  between  the  hours  of  four  and  eight 
o'clock  A.  M.,  under  such  rules  and  restrictions  as  it  may 
establish  from  time  to  time,  to  control  the  same. 

SECT.  43.     No  person  shall  go  upon  the  ice  of  Fresh  Pond,  gSj^et?., 
or  any  other  reservoir  of  the  water-works  for  the  purpose  of  forbidden- 

1  Amended  Nov.  10,  1899. 


232 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Heavy   teaming 
forbidden   on 
driveway. 


Also  funeral 
processions. 


Also   fast   driving. 


Injury   to   trees, 
etc.,  forbidden. 


Also   climbing 
trees,  etc. 


Also  posting 
bills,   etc. 


Penalty. 

P.   S.  c.  27,  §  18. 


skating  or  place  or  use  a  sled,  ice-boat,  sleigh  or  vehicle 
thereon.1 

SECT.  44.  No  person  shall  drive  a  team,  cart,  wagon  or 
other  vehicle,  for  the  conveyance  of  burdens,  upon  the  land 
and  driveway  connected  with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh 
Pond. 

SECT.  45.  No  person  shall  drive  or  conduct  a  funeral,  or  a 
hearse  or  carriage  connected  with  a  funeral,  on  the  drive- 
way of  Fresh  Pond. 

SECT.  46.  No  owner  or  other  person  having  for  the  time 
being  the  charge  or  use  of  a  horse  or  other  animal,  shall  drive 
or  permit  such  horse  or  other  animal  to  go  at  a  greater  rate  of 
speed  than  eight  miles  an  hour  upon  the  driveway  or  with- 
in the  enclosure  of  Fresh  Pond. 

SECT.  47.  No  person  shall  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any 
tree,  shrub,  grass,  path,  fence,  building  or  wall  on  the  land 
and  driveway  connected  with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh 
Pond,  or  other  reservoir  of  the  water-works,  ov  dig  or  carry 
away  the  sward,  gravel,  rock,  stones,  sand,  turf  or  earth  on 
such  land  and  driveway. 

SECT.  48.  No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  on  the  land  con- 
nected with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh  Pond  or  other  reser- 
voir of  the  water-works,  or  tie  a  horse  or  other  animal  to 
a  tree  or  fence  on  such  land. 

SECT.  49.  No  person  shall  post  a  bill,  placard  or  advertise- 
ment within  the  grounds  connected  with  Fresh  Pond  or 
other  reservoir  of  the  water  works. 

SECT.  50.  Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  the  preced- 
ing eight  sections  of  this  chapter  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

2SECT.  51.  No  person  shall  ride  or  propel  or  cause  to  be 
propelled  vehicles  other  than  those  propelled  or  drawn  by 
horses  or  persons,  upon  the  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond  at  a 
rate  of  speed  exceeding  ten  miles  an  hour.  Any  person 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  a 
penalty  for  each  offence  of  not  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  or  of  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  ten 
days,  or  of  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  . 


1  Amended  Nov.  10,  1899. 

2  Amended  July  3,  1902. 


CHAP.  46.]  RINGING    OF    BELLS,    ETC.  233 


CHAPTER  46. 
RINGING  OF  BELLS  AND  GONGS  IN  THE  PUBLIC  STREETS. 

SECTION  i.  No  person  in  any  public  street  of  the  city  shall 
ring  a  bell  or  gong,  between  the  hours  of  ten  o'clock  P.  M., 
and  six  o'clock  A.  M.,  except  as  a  warning  of  danger. 

SECT.  2.     Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  Penalt^- 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  twenty  dollars 
for  each  offence. 

1  Approved  July  28,  1897. 


234 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  47. 


Disposal   of  litter, 
etc.,   in   streets. 


Penalty. 


CHAPTER  47. 

DISPOSAL     OF     LITTER     AND     RUBBISH      IN     STREETS,     COMMONS, 
PUBLIC  PLACES  AND  SQUARES. 

SECTION  i.  Except  as  heretofore  otherwise  provided  by 
ordinance,  no  person  shall  deposit,  drop,  place,  put,  sweep 
or  throw  into  or  upon  any  street,  common,  public  place  or 
square  in  this  city  any  ashes,  board,  bottles,  bricks,  card, 
cinders,  house  dirt,  iron  or  steel  filings,  glass,  hand-bill,  hair, 
piece  of  hoop,  noxious  or  refuse  liquor,  manure,  nail,  offal, 
waste  paper,  sawdust,  shavings,  shells  of  any  kind,  shreds, 
soot,  stones,  animal  or  vegetable  substance,  solid  matter  or 
substance,  sweepings,  tin  cans,  wood,  or  filth,  or  rubbish  of 
any  kind.1  Nor  shall  ,any  person  distribute  in  a  public 
street,  or  to  persons  on  the  street,  or  place  or  cause  to  be 
placed,  handbills,  cards,  circulars  or  papers  of  any  kind, 
except  newspapers. 

SECT.  2.  Whoever  violates,  causes,  assists  in  or  procures 
the  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offence. 

1  Amended  Dec.  23,  1910. 


CHAI>.   48.]  CHILDREN,    ETC.  235 


CHAPTER   48. 
CHILDREN    UNDER   SIXTEEN   YEARS  OF  AGE 

SECTION  i.  No  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  shall  be, 
loiter  or  remain  upon  any  street,  highway,  park  or  other 
public  way  or  place  in  this  city  after  the  hour  of  half  past 
nine  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  any  day,  unless  accompanied 
by,  or  under  the  control  or  care  of  ,a  parent,  guardian  or 
other  adult  person,  or  performing  or  returning  from  employ- 
ment or  from  the  performance  of  some  duty,  directed  in 
writing  by  said  parent,  guardian  or  other  adult  person,  and 
no  such  child,  while  performing  such  duty,  or  returning 
from  the  performance  thereof,  or  from  employment,  shall 
loiter  upon  any  such  street,  highway,  park  or  other  public 
way  or  place. 

SECT.  2.     Any  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of   Penaltv 
this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five 
dollars  for  each  offence. 

1  Approve.!  July  27,  1808. 


236 


GENERAL   ORDIN^  XCES. 


[CHAP.  49. 


CHAPTER  49. 


Employee, 
injured,  to 
petition  city 
council,   etc. 


Petition  referred 
to  committee  on 
claims. 


City    physician 
and    city 
solicitor   notified 
of   injuries. 


Investigation 
relative    to   injury. 


Hearing. 


Report  of 
committee. 


CONTINUANCE  OF  PAY  OF  CITY  EMPLOYEES. 

SECTION  i.  Every  employee  of  the  city  injured  while  in  the 
performance  of  his  duty  without  fault  on  his  part,  in  order 
to  entitle  him  to  compensation  under  chapter  364  of  the 
acts  of  1894  and  any  and  all  acts  that  may  be  enacted  in 
.addition  thereof  and  supplementary  thereto,  shall  petition 
the  city  council  upon  blanks  to  be  prepared  by  the  city 
solicitor,  in  which  petition  shall  be  set  forth  the  time,  place, 
and  cause  of  the  injury  and  his  willingness  to  communicate 
and  disclose  all  facts  and  circumstances  relating  and  ap- 
pertaining to  said  jury. 

SECT.  2.  Said  petition  shall  be  forthwith  referred!  to  the 
committee  on  claims,  who  shall  investigate  and  report  upon 
the  same  with  such  recommendations  as  to  the  length  of 
time,  if  any,  for  the  continuance  of  the  pay  of  the  injured 
employee  thereon  as  to  the  committee  may  seem  proper. 

SECT.  3.  Upon  the  happening  of  any  accident  to  any 
employee,  the  city  physician  and  city  solicitor  shall  be  forth- 
with notified  by  the  department  in  which  the  injured  per- 
son was  then  employed. 

SECT.  4.  After  an  investigation  of  the  facts  relating  to  the 
injury  and  an  examination  from  time  to  time  of  the  injured 
person  by  the  city  physician  as  to  the  extent  of  the  injuries, 
all  of  which  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  city  solicitor, 
a  report  shall  be  made  by  the  latter  in  which  shall  be  an- 
nexed a  certificate  of  the  city  physician  in  a  form  satisfac- 
tory and  as  the  city  solicitor  may  deem  to  be  in  accordance 
with  the  statutes  in  such  cases  now  and  hereafter  provided. 

SECT.  5.  The  committee  on  claims,  in  addition  to  the  report 
of  the  city  solicitor,  may  hear  such  other  facts  as  they  may 
deem  proper  .and  shall  report  thereon  to  the  city  council. 
If  the  committee  is  in  favor  of  the  continuance  of  pay  of 
such  employee,  and  if  their  report  is  adopted  by  the  council 
and  approved  by  the  mayor,  the  amount  so  allowed  shall 
be  entered  upon  the  books  of  and  verified  by  the  depart- 

1  Approved  July  2,  1896. 


THAI-.   49.]  CITY   EMPLOYEES.  237 

ment  in  which  the  injured  was  employed  at  the  time  the 
injury  was  sustained. 

SECT.  6.     Upon    a    certificate    of    and    verification    by    the  fre0r4iflhead  of 
superintendent  or  head  of  department  in  which  the  injured   be?oretmpayment 
was  employed  that  the  time  allowed  by  the  committee  is   is  made- 
correct,  the  amount  of  wages  shall  be  forthwith  paid  upon 
the  draft  of  the  mayor  upon  the  execution  by  the  injured 
person  of  a  recipt  and  release  in  full  of  all  demands  against 
the  city  for  any  and  all  injuries  arising  out  of  or  in  any  way 
connected  with  said  injury. 

SECT.  7.     Should  the  disability  continue  beyond  the  time  of   ^S 
the  first  payment  or  thereafterwards  appear,  further  pay-   Continue, 
ments  may  be  had  and  made  from  time  to  time  upon  other 
petitions  of  the  injured,  after  investigation  and  report  there- 
upon by  the  committee  on  claims,  upon  the  certificate  of  the 
city  physician,  the  adoption  of  the  same  by  the  city  council 
and  approval  of  the  mayor,  under  the  general  forms,  pro- 
visions and  conditions  as  are  hereinfore  provided. 


238 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  50. 


City   physician, 
appointment  of. 


Duties. 


CHAPTER  50. 

CITY   PHYSICIAN. 

SECTION  i.  The  city  physician  at  the  time  of  his  appoint- 
ment shall  be  a  resident  of  Cambridge,  a  graduate  of  a 
legally  incorporated  medical  school  and  have  practised  as 
such  physician  for  at  least  five  years  continuously  prior  to 
his  appointment. 

SECT.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  physician  to  attend, 
under  the  general  direction  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor, 
upon  all  sick  and  insane  paupers  and  other  patients  under 
the  care  of  the  city  authorities  at  the  almshouse  or  else- 
where; to  vaccinate,  free  of  charge,  all  persons  sent  to  him 
by  the  overseers  of  the  poor,  and  such  scholars  of  the  pub- 
lic schools  as  the  school  committee  shall  direct,  and  all  other 
needy  residents  of  the  city  who  may  apply  to  him ;  to  give 
certificates  of  examination  to  such  children  of  the  public 
schools  as  he  shall  have  effectually  vaccin,ated ;  to  examine 
all  candidates  for  appointment  to  the  police  force  and  fire 
department;  under  the  direction  of  the  city  solicitor  to 
examine  the  condition  of  all  officers  upon  the  police  force 
and  fire  department  and  .all  employees  of  the  city  incapaci- 
tated from  the  performance  of  their  several  duties  and  all 
cases  of  injuries  upon  the  highway  or  elsewhere  whereby 
the  city  may  become  liable,  and  render  written  report 
thereon  to  the  city  solicitor  as  and  when  required  by  the 
latter,  together  with  such  certificates  as  the  law  and  ordin- 
ances may  require;  upon  application  to  sign  the  certificate 
of  the  cause  of  death  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  be- 
lief, if  there  has  been  no  physician  in  attendance;  at  the 
request  of  the  officers  in  charge  upon  the  police  stations  .and 
lockups  to  attend  and  give,  free  of  charge,  the  necessary 
medical  and  surgical  treatment  to  the  prisoners  therein ;  at 
the  request  of  the  city  solicitor  to  render  professional  aid  in 
court  or  otherwise  as  the  latter  may  designate,  in  all  suits 
and  matters  wherein  the  city  is  or  may  be  interested ;  in 
case  of  an  alarm  of  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease,  or 
other  cause  of  nuisance,  to  give  to  either  branch  of  the  city 

'Approved  Oct.  22,  1896. 


CHAP.  50.]  CITY   PHYSICIAN.  239 

council  or  any  committee  thereof  all  such  professional 
advice,  service  and  counsel  as  they  may  require;  and  in 
general,  to  perform  all  the  duties  and  render  all  the  services 
now  and  that  hereafter  may  be  incumbent  upon  him  by 
the  laws  of  the  commonwealth  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
now  or  that  hereafter  may  be  in  force. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  physician  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  Salary, 
city  council  may  by  ordinance  from  time  to  time  determine, 
which  shall  be  in  full  of  all  services  performed  by  him.  He 
may  expend  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  appropriations 
made  for  that  purpose  such  sums  as  he  may  necessarily 
expend  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  his  office. 
He  shall  keep  an  account  of  his  expenditures  and  certify  Account  of 
by  his  signature  upon  all  bills  his  approval  of  the  same,  and 
the  same  shall  be  audited,  charged  and  paid  in  the  manner 
as  now  provided  by  ordinance  for  bills  of  executive  boards 
and  heads  of  departments. 

SECT.  4.     The  citv  physician  mav  employ  such  permanent  Employment 

v    J  of  assistants. 

assistant  or  assistants  for  such  time  and  compensation  as 
the  city  council  may  from  time  to  time  determine,  and  in 
all  cases  he  shall  be  responsible  for  the  conduct  of  such 
assistant  or  assistants. 

SECT.  5.     Annually,   in  the  month  of   December,  the  city  Annual  report, 
physician  shall  make  report  to  the  city  council  of  the  pro- 
fessional services  rendered  by  him,  with  such  suggestions 
as  he  may  deem  proper. 


240 


GENERAL   ORDIXAXCES. 


[CHAPS.   51-52. 


Meetings   of 
department  heads. 


CHAPTER  51. 

CO-OPERATION    AMONG    THE    DEPARTMENTS    AND    BOARDS. 

For  the  purpose  of  promoting  co-operation  in  the  several 
city  departments  and  executive  boards,  the  Mayor  shall  call 
meetings  of  the  heads  thereof,  ,at  the  City  Hall,  every  alter- 
nate month.  He  may  invite  other  persons  for  conference 
at  these  meetings.1 


License   and 
duties. 


CHAPTER  52. 

GUIDES   IN   THE   CITY  OF   CAMBRIDGE. 

No  person,  unless  licensed  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall 
act  as  a  guide  for  hire  in  or  upon  any  street,  public  ground, 
or  common.  The  Mayor  shall  grant  licenses  to  one  or  more 
reputable  and  qualified  persons  to  act  as  guides  in  and  upon 
any  street,  public  ground  or  common,  who  shall  pay  there- 
for the  sum  of  one  dollar.  Such  duly  licensed  person,  when 
engaged  as  guide  for  hire,  shall  wear,  conspicuously  placed 
on  the  front  of  his  coat  or  hat,  a  badge  containing  the  words 
"licensed  guide"  and  shall  produce  for  inspection  the  license 
issued  as  aforesaid,  when  requested  by  .any  public  officer. 


CHAP.  :>:',.)  CITY     HOSPITAL.  241 


CHAPTER  53. 

2CITY   HOSPITAL. 

SECTION  i.  The  hospital  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  trustees  of  the  Cambridge  City  Hospital,  con-  °*  trustees, 
sisting  of  five  trustees,  who  shall  have  charge  of  the  Cam- 
bridge  City  Hospital  and  of  the  construction,  care  and  main- 
tenance thereof ;  shall  purchase  all  fuel  and  other  supplies 
required  therefor;  shall  make  all  needful  improvements  in 
the  lands  and  ground  connected  with  the  City  Hospital ;  shall 
have  charge  of  all  real  estate  held  for  purposes  connected  with 
the  City  Hospital,  and  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the  City 
Treasurer  the  incomes  thereof. 

SI-CT.  2.  Said  trustees  shall  admit  to  the  City  Hospital 
sick  or  injured  persons  requiring  only  temporary  relief,  unless 
for  good  cause,  and  shall  remove  all  sick,  or  injured  persons 
as  soon  as  their  condition  will  permit  of  such  removal;  they 
may  allow7  patients,  paying  reasonable  compensation  therefor, 
separate  apartments  and  special  accommodations,  and  such 
patients,  if  they  so  desire,  shall  have  the  right  to^rje  treated 
medically  or  surgically  by  their  o\vn  physician ;  any  ward 
patient  paying  ward  rates,  shall  have  the  privilege  of  being 
attended  by  his  own  physician,  but  no  such  physician  shall  be 
allowed  to  receive  compensation  from  any  ward  patient;  nor 
shall  any  member  of  the  staff  receive  any  compensation  from 
any  ward  patient.  All  compensation  received  by  the  trustees  compensation, 
from  patients  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  City  Treasurer. 

SECT.  3.     Said   trustees   shall,   in   their   annual    report,   in-  Annual  report 
elude  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  hospital,  the  number 
of  its  inmates,  the  admissions  thereto  and  discharges  there- 
from, and  the  births  and  deaths  therein  during  the  year. 

SECT.  4.  The  trustees  of  the  Cambridge  City.  Hospital 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  each  trustee  shall  serve  for  the 
term  for  which  he  was  appointed  or  until  his  successor  has 
been  duly  qualified.  Upon  the  prassage  of  this  ordinance  the 
Mayor  shall  appoint  five  trustees,  one  to  serve  until  May, 

1  In   force   Mnrcli    IS.   1011. 
-  Approves!   M.-irch  4,  1912. 


242  GENERAL   ORDINANCES.  [CllAP.    " :;. 

1913;  one  to  serve  until  May,  1914;  one  to  serve  until  May, 
1915;  one  to  serve  until  May,  1916;  and  one  to  serve  until 
May,  1917.  In  the  month  of  May,  1913,  and  in  each  succeed- 
ing May  thereafter,  the  Mayor  shall  appoint  a  trustee  to  serve 
for  the  term  of  five  years. 

Vacancy.  \Yhenever  any  vacancy  shall  occur  in  said  Board  of  Trus- 

tees, the  same  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  Mayor, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  new 
appointee  to  serve  for  the  unexpired  term ;  and  no  physician 
serving  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  a  member  of  the 
staff. 

Assistants  on  SECT.  5.  There  shall  be  a  staff  of  not  less  than  six  (6) 

six  on  the  medical  and  six  (6)  on  the  surgical  side,  and  such 
assistants  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  determine.  The 
members  of  the  staff  .and  the  assistants  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  trustees. 


CHAP.   54.]  SALE  AND  USE  OF  BLANK    CARTRIDGES,    ETC.  243 


CHAPTER  54. 

XSALE    AND    USE    OF    BLANK     CARTRIDGES,     FIRECRACKERS,     FIRE- 
WORKS, ETC. 

SECTION  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  unlawful  to  tell. 
corporation  to  sell,  offer  or  keep  for  sale,  to  loan  or  give  away 
to  any  retail  dealer,  consumer  or  user,  located  within  the  city 
limits,  or  to  fire,  set  off,  explode  or  cause  to  explode  any  toy 
pistol,  toy  gun,  or  toy  cannon,  that  can  be  used  to  fire  a  blank 
cartridge  or  a  percussion  cap;  any  detonating  cane,  any  fire- 
cracker containing  any  explosive  substance  other  than  black 
gunpowder  or  exceeding  two  and  one-half  inches  in  length 
and  five-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  any  fireworks  con- 
taining any  picric  acid  or  picrates,  or  any  blank  cartridge, 
bomb,  or  percussion  cap ;  provided  that  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  fireworks  of  the  kind  not  containing  any  picric  acid 
or  picrates  set  off  between  the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  p.  M. 
and  twelve  o'clock  p.  M.,  or  to  the  sale  and  manufacture  of 
any  article  herein  named  to  be  shipped  directly  out  of  the  city, 
or  to  the  sale  or  use  of  explosives  in  blasting  and  in  the  firing 
of  salutes  by  official  authorities,  or  to  the  sale  or  use  of  blank 
cartridges  for  a  duly  licensed  show  or  theatre,  for  signal  pur- 
poses in  athletic  sports,  for  the  firing  of  salutes  with  cannon, 
or  to  the  sale  for  use  or  use  by  the  militia  or  any  organization 
of  war  veterans  or  in  teaching  the  use  of  firearms  by  experts 
on  days  other  than  holidays. 

SECT.  2.     No  person  shall  fire,  set  off,  explode  or  cause  to  Distance  from 
explode  any  firecrackers  or  fireworks  within  fifteen  feet  of  a   ^fireworks.0* 
building. 

SECT.  7.     Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  Penalty  in 

.  violation. 

shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each 

offence. 

1  Approved  May  26,  1910. 


244 


( ;I-:N ERA L  urn ) i  x .\  \  CES, 


[CHAPS.  55,  56.  57. 


License  for 
sale  of. 


CHAPTER  55. 

DEALERS    IN    COAL    AND    COKE. 

SECTION  I.  All  licenses  granted  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth  to  dealers  in  Coal  and  Coke  within  this  City 
shall  be  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  the  issuance  of  said 
license  by  said  Secretary. 


Departmental 
expenses,  etc., 
in  detail. 


CHAPTER  56. 

2ANNUAL     REPORTS     OF    OFFICERS     AND    BOARDS     IX     CHARGE    OF 
DEPARTMENTS. 

SECTION  I.  All  officers  or  boards  in  charge  of  departments, 
except  the  City  Auditor,  shall  present  to  the  City  Council 
annually,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  April,  a  departmental 
report  showing  in  detail  the  expenses  of  the  department,  the 
material  and  other  property  on  hand;  and  an  account  of  the 
work  performed,  and  any  other  facts  and  recommendations 
which  may  be  deemed  advisable.  The  City  Auditor  shall  pre- 
sent his  annual  report  to  the  City  Council  during  the  month  of 
April. 

SECT.  2.  So  much  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1892  as 
amended  to  November  8,  1899,  as  may  be  inconsistent  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  is  hereby  repealed. 


Method  of 
charging   cost. 


CHAPTER  57. 

3INVALID     TAX     DEEDS. 

Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the  City  Treasurer  that  an 
invalid  tax  deed  has  been  given  by  the  Collector  of  Taxes  for 
an  estate  sold  at  a  tax  sale,  the  City  Treasurer  shall  charge 
the  cost  of  calling  in  such  invalid  tax  deed  to  the  appropriation 
for  "Abatements." 

1  Approved  February  10,  1909. 
*  Approved  Jan.  20.  1909. 
3  Approved   June  12.   1902. 


•      \;\  r>x.j  SALE  <)!••  COODS,  ETC.,   IN   Tin-:   ITMLIC  WAYS.  245 


CHAPTER  58. 

aSALE    OF    GOODS,     WAKES    AND     MERCHANDISE     IN     THE     PUBLIC 

WAYS. 

SECTION   I.     No  person  shall,  except  in  accordance  with  a   Permits  from 

..-—.;.  superintendent   of 

permit   irom   the    Superintendent   of    Streets,   sell    upon   any   streets  to 

J    obstruct  sidewalk, 
sidewalk  of  any  public  way  any  goods  or  article  to  a  person 

on  such  public  way;  or,  except  in  accordance  with  a  permit 
as  aforesaid,  permit  to  remain  in  any  public  way,  for  more 
than  ten  minutes,  any  goods  or  article  of  which  he  is  the 
owner  or  in  charge.2  The  fee  for  the  permit  aforesaid  shall 
be  fifty  cents. 

SECT.  2.,     Xo  person  shall  hawk  or  peddle  any  of  the  articles  Permits  from 

city   clerk  to 
enumerated  in  Section  15  of  Chapter  65  of  the  Revised  Laws  peddle  on  street. 

until  he  shall  have  recorded  his  name  and  residence  with  the 
City  Clerk,  and  been  given  a  permit  therefor  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen,  and  been  assigned  by  the  City  Clerk  a  number ;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  not  apply 
to  licenses  issued  under  the  authority  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
ir.en  to  minors.  -The  fee  for  the  permit  aforesaid  shall  be 
fifty  cents. 

SECT.  3.     Xo  person  hawking,  peddling  or  selling  or  expos-   Crying  wares, 
ing  for  sale,  any  of  the  articles  enumerated  in  Section  15  of 
'Chapter  65  of  the  Revised  Laws,  shall  cry  his  wares  to  the 
disturbance  of  the  peace  and  comfort  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
City. 

SECT.  4.  XTo  hawker  or  peddler  shall  carry  or  convey  any 
of  the  articles  enumerated  in  Section  15  of  Chapter  65  of  the 
Revised  Laws  in  any  manner  that  will  tend  to  injure  or  disturb 
the  public  health  or  comfort,  and,  if  such  articles  are  perish- 
able in  their  nature,  they  shall  be  conveyed  in  vehicles  or  re- 
ceptacles which  are  neat  and  clean  and  do  not  leak.  Any 
vehicles,  used  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  printed  on  them  in 
letters  and  figures  at  least  two  inches  in  height  the  name  of 
the  person  selling  and  the  number  given  him  by  the  Board  of 
AUermen. 

1  Approved    July    !>:•.    1001. 
-  Amended   Oct.  24,    1001. 


246 

Measures  sealed. 


GENERAL   ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.   5S. 


Violation. 


Penalty. 


SECT.  5.  No  hawker  or  peddler  shall  sell  any  of  the  articles 
enumerated  in  Section  15  of  Chapter  65  of  the  Revised  La.ws, 
when  said  articles  are  sold  by  weight  or  measure,  until  such 
weight  and  measure  shall  have  been  stamped  by  the  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures  of  the  City. 

SECT.  6.  The  permit  mentioned  in  Sections  i  and  2  shall 
state  the  conditions  and  terms  under  which  said  permission 
shall  be  granted,  with  all  of  which  the  licensee  shall  be  deemed 
to  comply  by  accepting  the  permit,  and  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  terms  of  said  permit  shall  of  itself  be  a  sufficient  cau>e 
for  the  revocation  thereof. 

SECT.  7.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 


CHAPS.   59-60.]  OFFICIAL    BONLS  247 


CHAPTER  59. 
OFFICIAL  BONDS. 

SECTION     I.     All    city    officials    required    to    give    bonds.  Bonds  for 
shall  hereafter  give  on  their  official  bonds  some  incorporated  c 
surety  company  as  surety,  unless  the  Mayor  shall  be  satisfied 
that  a  satisfactory  surety  of  this  character  cannot  be  obtained 
at  a  reasonable  premium,  in  which  case  he  may  accept  indi- 
viduals as  sureties.     They  shall  also  give  a  new  bond  satis- 
factory to  the  Mayor  whenever  required  by  him  to  do  so. 

SECT.  2.     The  amount  paid  as  premium   for  surety  upon  premium  for 
any  bond  aforesaid  shall  not  exceed  one-half  of  one  per  cent.  s 
of  the  penal  sum  named  therein,  and  shall  be  allowed  and  paid 
as  an  expense  of  the  department  of  which  the  principal  on 
the  bond  is  an  officer  or  employee. 

SECT.  3.  So  much  of  Chapters  4,  7  and  26  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1892  of  the  City  of  Cambridge  as  amended  to 
November  8,  1899,  as  may  be  inconsistent  herewith  is  hereby 
repealed. 


CHAPTER  60. 

SURVEY   DEPARTMENT 

Repealed  by  Legislative  Act,   Chapter  224,  Acts  of    1908, 
which  was  accepted  by  the  City  Council  on  May  21,  1908. 

1  Approved  April  18,  1901. 


STANDING  REGULATIONS 


OF   THE 


BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN 


REGULATIONS    OF  THE  BOARD  OF 
ALDERMEN 


STREET  RAILWAYS. 

SECTION  i.     No  person  having  control  of  the  speed  of  a  street  railway. 
street  railway  car  shall  allow  the  same  to  go  in  any  street  at  Jets'' iSos^'h?  s?6. 
a  rate  of  speed  greater  than  eight  miles  an  hour,  except  that 
on  ^Massachusetts  avenue,  north  of  Harvard  square,  Garden 
street,   Concord  avenue,   Huron  avenue,   Mt.   Auburn  street, 
west  of  Brattle  street,  and  on  Massachusetts  avenue,  southeast 
of  Lafayette  square,  the  rate  of  speed  shall  not  be  greater 
than  twelve  miles  an  hour,  nor  shall  he  allow  such  car  while 
passing  over  a  switch  or  a  turn  out,  or  in  turning  a  corner  to 
go  faster  than  four  miles  an  hour. 

SECT.  2.  No  driver,  conductor  or  other  person  having  the 
care  and  ordering  of  a  street  railway  car  shall  allow  such  car 
to  stop  on  a  cross-walk  nor  in  front  of  an  intersecting  street, 
except  to  avoid  collisions  or  to  prevent  danger  to  persons  in 
the  street. 

SECT.  3.  When  the  driver,  conductor  or  other  person  hav- 
ing the  care  and  ordering  of  a  street  railway  car  is  required 
to  stop  his  car  at  the  intersection  of  two  streets  to  receive  or 
land  passengers,  the  car  shall  be  stopped  so  as  to  leave  the  rear 
platform  of  the  car  or  train  slightly  over  the  farther  crossing. 

SECT.  4.  Except  to  prevent  accident  or  injury,  no  street 
car,  or  any  horse  or  horses  attached  thereto,  shall  be  run  or 
placed  in  the  public  streets  within  twenty-five  feet  of  another 
street  car  in  front  thereof. 

SECT.  5.  There  shall  be  two  men  in  charge  of  each  car  at 
all  times  when  the  cars  are  in  use. 

INTELLIGENCE   OFFICES. 

SECTION  i.  The  chief  of  police  shall  have  the  general 
supervision  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  licensing,  regulat- 
ing and  restraining  of  intelligence  offices  He  shall  keep  a 
book,  in  which  he  shall  register,  alphabetically,  the  names  of 

1  Amended   March   20,   1895. 


252 


STANDING    RKCL'L. \TIONS    OF    Til  1-1 


Application. 


Signs. 


Hours  for 
intelligence 

offices. 


Compensations 
and  fees. 


all  persons  licensed  to  keep  intelligence  or  employment  offices, 
together  with  the  name  and  number  of  the  street  and  the 
portion  of  the  building  which  they  occupy.  And  he  shall  see 
that  each  person  licensed  is  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the 
statutes  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men, relating  to  the  establishment  and  keeping  of  intelligence 
offices.  He  shall  see  that  all  persons  licensed  to  keep  the 
requisite  books,  and  in  all  things  conform  to  the  requirements 
of  the  statutes  and  the  rules  and  regulations.  He  shall  be 
entitled  to  inspect,  at  any  time,  the  books  kept  at  licensed 
places  as  required  by  the  rules  of  the  board. 

SECT.  2.  All  persons  making  applications  for  license  to 
keep  intelligence  offices  shall  state  in  their  petitions  the  place 
which  they  propose  to  occupy;  and  no  person  licensed  shall 
occupy  any  other  place  without  leave  first  obtained  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen. 

SECT.  3.  All  persons  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  place  in 
some  conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  occupied  by  them  a 
sign,  with  their  names  and  the  word  "licensed"  thereon ;  and 
shall  produce  their  license  on  the  demand  of  any  person  doing 
business  with  them. 

SECT.  4.  They  shall  keep  a  book,  in  which  shall  be  entered, 
at  the  time  of  application,  the  name  and  residence  of  any  per- 
son who  may  apply  for  employment,  and  the  name  and  resi- 
dence of  any  person  who  may  make  application  to  be  supplied 
with  male  or  female  domestics,  servants,  clerks  or  other  labor- 
ers, and  also  any  and  all  sums  of  money  which  may  be  received 
of  any  person  for  such  services ;  and  such  books  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  or 
any  person  by  them  authorized. 

-\SECT.  5.  Intelligence  offices  may  be  kept  open  for  busi- 
ness between  the  hours  of  seven  A.  M.  and  eight  P.  M..  Sun- 
days excepted,  and  at  no  other  hours.  The  fee  for  a  license  to 
keep  an  intelligence  or  employment  office  shall  be  three 
($3.00)  dollars. 

•-2$ECT.  6.  Every  licensed  keeper  of  an  intelligence  or  em- 
ployment office  who  furnishes  employment  for  domestic 
servants,  cooks,  table  girls,  or  waiters  or  waitresses  in  restau- 
rants or  boarding  houses  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  of  each 
person  upon  the  furnishing  of  such  employment,  and  also  of 
each  person  making  application  for  male  or  female  servants, 


:  Amended   Oct.   S.   100S. 
-Amended    Dec.   i_'s.    mil'. 


HOARD    OF    ALDKRMKN.  25$ 

a  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  per  cent.  (20  per  cent.)  of  one 
week's  wages  in  the  employment  furnished;  and  for  obtain- 
ing employment  for  clerks,,  draughtsmen,  stenographers,  type- 
writers, book-keepers,  cashiers,  employees  in  mercantile  or 
other  business  houses,  employees  in  warehouses,  porters,  night 
watchmen,  railroad  employees,  gardeners  and  workers  in  other 
occupations,  they  shall  receive  from  the  person  making  appli- 
cation for  such  employment  a  sum  not  exceeding  one-half  of 
one  week's  wages  in  the  employment  furnished,  for  which  a 
receipt  shall  be  given  at  the  time  which  shall  state  the  amount 
received  and  the  nature  of  the  employment  furnished.  If  a 
person  who  received  employment  through  the  agency  of  an  in- 
telligence or  employment  office  is  discharged  by  his  or  her 
employer  within  ten  days  after  the  time  of  entering  upon  such 
employment,  and  such  discharge  is  not  caused  by  his  or  her 
inability,  incompetence,  refused  to  perform  work  required,  or 
other  fault,  the  keeper  of  such  intelligence  or  employment 
office  shall  on  demand  refund  to  him  or  her  five-sixths  of  the 
amount  paid  to  such  keeper  by  the  employer  on  account  of 
such  employment,  and  in  the  case  of  clerks,  .stenographers  and 
others  of  the  class  who  pay  the  entire  fee  for  obtaining  em- 
ployment, they  shall  be  entitled  to  file  an  application  for  a  new 
position  free  of  charge  if  through  no  fault  of  theirs  said  em- 
ployment is  discontinued  within  thirty  days. 

SECT.  7.  Any  person  licensed  to  keep  an  intelligence  office, 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding 
sections,  or  any  other  rules  and  regulations  that  may  be  here- 
after passed  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  shall  be  liable  to  have 
his  license  revoked ;  and  any  license  may  at  any  time  be  re- 
voked for  causes  other  than  those  specified. 

MOVING  BUILDINGS. 

No  license  for  the  removal  of  any  building  through  any  Moving  building*., 
public  street,  square  or  place  shall  be  authorized  until  cer- 
tificates have  been  presented  to  the  board  of  aldermen  from 
the  superintendent  of  streets  certifying  the  general  con- 
ditions with  regard  to  the  streets,  squares  or  places  through 
which  it  is  proposed  to  remove  the  building,  from  the  in- 
spector of  buildings  as  to  the  safety  of  the  structure  to  be 
moved,  1-2  from  the  superintendent  of  parks  of  general  con- 
ditions with  reference  to  trees  and  the  possibility  of  injury 

1  Aim-ndcil   Sept.   10.   1898. 
'••  Amcml.'d  March   24,   1898. 


254  STANDING  REGULATIONS  OF  THE 

thereto,  from  the  inspector  of  wires  as  to  the  conditions  re- 
specting electric  wires  on  said  route,  x  and,  whenever  it  is 
proposed  to  move  any  building  over  and  across  any  bridge 
which  may  be  under  the  care  of  the  commisisoners  of 
bridges,  from  the  commissioner  on  the  part  of  Cambridge, 
certifying  the  general  condition  of  said  bridge,  and  when 
the  granting  of  such  license  is  authorized  it  shall  be  upon 
the  following  conditions,  viz. : 

First. — Each  and  every  chimney  on  said  building  shall  be 
taken  down  even  with  the  roof  before  the  building  is 
started. 

Second. — The  licensee  shall  give  the  chief  engineer  of  the 
fire  department  and  the  inspector  of  wires  notice  of  such 
removal,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  building 
shall  be  placed  in  the  street. 

Third. — The  licensee  shall  file  with  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  before  the  building  is  placed  in  the  street,  a  bond, 
the  amount  of  which  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  mayor, 
with  sufficient  surety  to  imdemnify  the  city  from  all  loss 
and  damage  by  reason  of  such  removal. 

Fourth. — The  licensee  shall  reimburse  the  city  for  any 
expenses  incurred  by  it  by.  reason  of  labor  by  any  depart- 
ment of  the  city  in  cutting  and  replacing  wires,  trimming 
trees,  or  in  any  other  way,  by  reason  of  said  removal,3 
and  before  receiving  a  license  the  licensee  shall  deposit 
with  the  superintendent  of  streets,  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
dollars,  which  sum  shall  be  returned  to  the  licensee  when 
he  has  reimbursed  the  city  for  such  expenses. 

The  above  conditions  shall  be  printed  upon  and  become 
a  part  of  each  and  every  license  issued. 

4MINORSJ  LICENSES. 

Minors'  licenses.  SECTION   I.     No  minor  shall   sell   or  offer  for  sale   upon 

the  streets  of  this  city  any  article  named  in  said  section  I, 
chapter  68,  public  statutes,  unless  licensed  so  to  do  in  .ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

SECT.  2.  The  licenses  herein  provided  for  shall  be 
granted  by  the  chief  of  police  on  application  to  him,  to 
minors  residing  in  the  City  of  Cambridge.  He  shall  keep 
a  record  of  the  name,  age  and  residence  of  every  person  so 
licensed.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  a  minor  except 

1  Amended   Sept.   10,   1898. 

2  Amended   March   21,   1898. 

3  Amended   April  23,  1895. 

4  Amended  January  28,  1897. 


BOARD    OF    ALDERMEN. 

upon  application  of  his  parents,  guardian  or  next  friend. 
The  chief  of  police  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  sum 
of  Hwenty-five  cents  for  issuing  a  license  required  by  these 
rules  and  regulations,  and  shall  furnish  the  licensee  with 
a  badge1  for  which  said  licensee  shall  deposit  the  sum  of 
sixty  cents.  Said  licensee1  must  return  such  badge  upon 
the  expiration  or  surrender  of  his  license,  and  he  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  the  sum  of  sixty  cents  therefor,  provided 
such  badge  is  in  a  reasonably  good  condition. 

SECT.  3.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  any  minor  un- 
der the  age  of  ten  years,  and  every  minor  under  the  age 
of  fifteen  years  so  licensed  shall  each  (school)  day  during 
the  school  year  attend  some  school  approved  by  the  school 
committee. 

SECT.  4.  No  sale  of  such  articles  shall  be  made  by  any 
minor  under  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  between  fifteen  min- 
utes before  the  opening  and  fifteen  minutes  after  the  closing 
of  the  school  on  any  day  in  which  said  school  which  he  is 
obliged  to  attend  may  be  in  session ;  nor  shall  the  licensee 
offer  such  articles  for  sale  on  Sundays  within  two  hundred 
feet  of  any  place  of  worship. 

SECT.  5.2 

SECT.  6.  While  engaged  in  sale  of  any  of  the  articles 
named  in  section  I,  chapter  68,  public  statutes,  every  per- 
son so  licensed  shall  wear  in  plain  sight  a  badge  with  the 
words  "Cambridge  License,"  and  the  number  thereon,  and 
shall  upon  request  of  any  city  officer  exhibit  his  license 
for  inspection.  No  more  than  two  licensees,  and  none  other, 
shall  be  with,  or  accompany,  or  trade  from  any  vehicle 
used  in  carrying  or  holding  such  article  or  products,  and 
they  shall  at  all  times  deport  themselves  in  a  respectful, 
orderly  and  quiet  manner,  and  shall  observe  and  follow  any 
further  orders  or  directions  that  may  be  given  them  by  the 
board  of  aldermen,  or  any  member  of  the  police  depart- 
ment, acting  by  the  direction  of  that  board. 

SECT.  7.  All  such  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  3ist  day 
of  December  in  each  year,  and  any  of  them  may  be  sus- 
pended or  revoked  by  the  chief  of  police.  Cruel  treatment 
of  animals,  racing,  or  driving  through  the  streets  faster 
than  allowed  by  law,  profanity,  impudent,  indecent  or  vio- 
lent language,  or  intemperance,  one  or  all  will  be  cause  for 
revocation  of  the  licenses. 

1  Amended  Jan.   2,   1901. 
-  Amended  June  29,  1911. 


255 


STANDING  REGULATIONS  OF  THE 
USE  OF  STREETS  BY  VEHICLES. 

SECTION  i.  Every  vehicle,  except  street  cars,  bicycle? 
and  tricycles,  which  shall  be  used  within  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge for  the  conveyance  of  persons  or  goods  of  any  de- 
scription for  hire  from  place  to  place  within  the  city,  before 
being  so  used,  shall  be  licensed  by  the  board  of  aldermen, 
and  every  vehicle  so  used  for  the  conveyance  of  goods  shall 
have  placed  upon  the  outside  and  upon  each  side  of  the 
same  the  name  of  the  owner  and  the  number  of  the  license 
in  plain,  legible  letters  and  figures,  of  not  less  than  one 
and  one-half  inches  in  size,  and  so  that  the  same  may  be 
distinctly  seen. 

SECT.  2.  Upon  each  side  of  each  hackney  carriage  so 
licensed  there  shall  be  fitted  a  lamp,  which  lamp  shall  al- 
ways be  kept  lighted  at  night  when  the  carriage  is  in  use 
or  waiting  for  passengers,  and  upon  the  glass  covering  of 
each  of  said  lamps  there  shall  be  painted  in  black  the  number  of 
the  license  in  Arabic  characters  not  less  than  one  inch  in 
size,  and  such  numbers  shall  be  preceded  by  the  letter  C,. 
not  less  than  one  inch  in  size. 

SECT.  3.  Every  hackney  carriage  shall  carry  its  license 
so  that  it  shall  be  accessible  to  passengers. 

SECT.  4.  No  person  shall  set  up  and  use  or  have  charge 
of  any  hackney  carriage  which  shall  be  used  within  the 
city  of  Cambridge  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  for  hire 
from  place  to  place  within  the  city  unless  he  is  licensed 
thereto  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  nor  unless  the  carriage 
is  licensed,  marked  and  numbered  as  provided  in  sections 
one  and  two,  and  carries  its  license  as  provided  in  section 
three,1  and  no  license  as  aforesaid  shall  be  issued  to  any 
minor. 

SECT.  5.  No  person  having  charge  of  a  hackney  carriage 
shall  solicit  passengers,  except  by  a  motion  of  the  hand, 
unless  he  is  on  or  within  ten  feet  of  such  vehicle. 

SECT.  6.  No  person  having  charge  of  a  hackney  carriage 
shall  solicit  passengers  in  any  public  way  or  place  within 
the  city,  unless  he  is  licensed  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  7.  The  board  of  .aldermen  reserves  the  right  to 
revoke  any  license  at  its  discretion.  If  any  person  other 
than  the  owner  or  lessee  shall  take  out  a  license  for  any 
such  vehicle,  he  shall  be  liable  to  have  his  license  revoked, 

1  Amended    May    :U,    1007. 


HOARD    OF    ALDERMEN. 

and  if  any  licensee  shall  cease  to  be  an  owner  or  lessee,  he 
shall  immediately  surrender  his  license  to  the  board  of 
aldermen. 

ISECT.  8.  The  City  Clerk  shall  receive  for  the  use  of  the 
City  the  fee  of  one  dollar  for  every  license  granted  for  a 
wagon  stand,  and  for  a  hackney  carriage.  He  shall  like- 
wise receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  a  license  to  a  driver  of 
a  hackney  carriage.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  same 
and  of  licenses  granted. 

SECT.  9.  Each  license  so  granted  shall  expire  on  the  first 
day  of  May  next,  after  the  date  thereof,  and  no  license 
shall  be  sold,  assigned  or  transferred  without  the  consent 
of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  10.  No  vehicle  shall  be  set  up  in  front  of  any 
premises  without  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  or  the 
agent  of  the  owner,  and  the  occupant  of  said  premises. 

SECT.  ii.  The  person  in  whose  name  the  license  is  taken 
out  for  any  such  vehicle  shall  for  all  the  purposes  of  this 
rule  be  considered  as  the  owner  of  the  same,  and  liable  to 
all  the  forfeitures  and  penalties  herein  contained,  unless, 
upon  the  sale  of  such  vehicle,  written  notice  be  given  to 
the  city  clerk  and  the  license  returned  to  him  forthwith. 

SECT.  12.  No  owner,  driver  or  other  person  having 
charge  of  any  such  vehicle  shall  suffer  the  same  when  at- 
tached to  a  horse  to  stop  in  a  street  without  some  proper 
person  to  take  care  of  the  same  unless  said  horse  is  properly 
and  securely  fastened;  but  no  person  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  violated  this  provision  who  is  a  physician  visiting  the 
sick  or  who  is  delivering  goods,  or  taking  orders  at  any 
house,  store,  building  or  tenement. 

SECT.  13.  Each  person  who  uses  or  sets  up  a  vehicle 
from  which  fruit  or  other  merchandise  is  sold,  shall  keep 
the  space  at  and  around  his  stand  free  and  clear  from  all 
rubbish,  filth  and  deposits  of  every  name  and  nature  com- 
sick  or  who  is  delivering  goods,  or  taking  orders  at  any 
ner  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  of  streets. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  having  charge  of  any  hackney  car- 
riage shall  receive  or  permit  to  be  placed  therein,  or  con- 
vey in  or  upon  the  same  any  person  sick  with  any  contag- 
ious disease,  or  the  body  of  any  person  deceased  from  such 
disease. 

SECT.   15.     Every  vehicle  used,  or  to  be  used,  for  the  con- 

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258  STAXDIXC   RKC.I'LATIOXS   OF   THE 

veyance  of  persons,  except  electric  cars,  bicycles  and  tri- 
cycles shall  be  deemed  a  hackney  carriage  within  the  mean- 
ing of  the  preceding  sections. 

SECT.  1 6.  Whoever  violates  any  of  the  aforesaid  pro- 
visions contained  in  these  rules  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 


All  licenses  granted  for  keeping  billiard,  pool  and  sippio 
tables,  and  bowling  alleys,  shall  be  subject  to  the  condition 
that  the  licensed  premises  may-  be  kept  open  only  between 
the  hours  of  seven  o'clock  A.  M.  and  twelve  o'clock  P.  M., 
Sundays  excepted,  and  at  no  other  hours. 

Provided,  that,  on  Saturdays  such  licensed  premises  shall 
be  closed  at  eleven  and  a  half  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  fee  for  billiard,  pool  and  sippio  table  licenses  shall 
be  two  dollars,  and  the  fee  for  bowling  alleys  shall  be  two 
dollars. 

PAWNBROKERS. 

RULE  i.  No  person,  corporation,  members  of  a  co-part- 
nership, or  firm  shall,  in  this  city,  engage  in  or  carry  on  the 
business  of  loaning  money  upon  mortgages,  deposits  or 
pledges  of  wearing  apparel,  jewelry,  ornaments,  household 
furniture  or  other  personal  property  (excepting,  however, 
stocks,  bonds,  notes  or  other  written  or  printed  evidence 
of  ownership  of  property  or  of  indebtedness  to  the  holder 
or  owner  of  any  such  securities)  or  of  purchasing  such  prop- 
erty on  condition  of  selling  the  same  back  again  at  a  stipu- 
lated price,  unless  such  person,  corporation,  co-partnership 
or  firm  is  licensed  therefor  by  the  board  of  aldermen  of 
this  city  as  pawnbroker,  and  unless  such  person,  corpora- 
tion, co-partnership  or  firm  complies  with  all  lawful  rules, 
regulations  and  laws  now  and  hereafter  .adopted,  passed 
and  enacted  in  reference  and  applicable  to  pawnbrokers. 

RULE  2.  No  person,  corporation,  co-partnership  or  firm 
licensed  as  a  pawnbroker  in  this  city  shall  therein  make 
any  loan  secured  by  mortgage  or  pledge  of  household  fur- 
niture or  any  other  personal  property  exempt  from  at- 
tachment or  by  assignment  of  wages  for  personal  service, 
for  less  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  at  a  rate  of  interest 

1  Amended  April  4,  1900. 
'  Amended  April  30,   1900. 


BOARD    OF    ALDERMEN. 

greater  than  twelve  per  cent.,  without  first  having  obtained  a 
license  from  the  board  of  aldermen  of  this  city  for  carrying- 
on  such  business. 

RULE  3.  Each  license  issued  to  a  pawnbroker  shall  set 
forth  the  name  of  the  p.arty  licensed,  the  nature  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  the  building  or  place  in  which  it  is  to  be  carried 
on ;  and  shall  continue  in  force  one  year  from  the  date 
thereof,  unless  sooner  revoked.  The  place  of  business  shall 
not  be  changed  during  the  continuance  of  the  license  ex- 
cept special  consent  of  the  board  of  aldermen  to  removal 
is  obtained.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  fifty  dollars. 

Xo  such  license  shall  be  transferable. 

RULE  4.  No  pawnbroker  shall  charge  upon  loans  made 
by  them  a  greater  rate  of  interest  than  as  follows,  to  wit : — 

On  the  sum  of  $1.00  or  less,  first  week,  5  cents;  each 
week  after,  2  cents. 

On  a  sum  of  $1.00  to  $3.00,  first  week,  4  per  cent.;  each 
week  after,  2  1-2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $3.00  to  $10.00,  first  week,  3  per  cent. ;  each 
week  after,  2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $10.00  to  $25.00,  first  week,  2  1-2  per  cent. ; 
each  week  after,  2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $25.00  to  $50.00,  first  week,  2  per  cent. ; 
each  week  after,  I  .per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $50.00  to  $100.00,  first  week,  3-4  per  cent. ; 
each  week  after,  1-2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $100.00  to  $200.00,  first  week,  1-2  per  cent. ; 
each  week  .after,  1-4  per  cent. 

*RULE  5.  Every  pawnbroker  sliall  keep  at  his  place  of 
business  a  book  in  wrhich  shall  be  legibly  written  in  the 
English  language  at  the  time  of  making  every  such  loan  or 
purchase  a  minute  and  accurate  account  and  description 
of  the  goods,  articles  or  things  pawned,  pledged  or  pur- 
chased, particularly  mentioning  any  prominent  or  descrip- 
tive marks  on  the  same,  the  amount  of  money  loaned  or 
paid  thereon,  the  day  .and  hour  of  pledging  or  purchasing 
the  same,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  such  loan,  with 
the  name,  age  and  residence,  giving  street  and  number 
when  possible,  of  the  person  pawning,  pledging  or  selling 
such  goods,  articles  or  things.  No  entry  in  said  book  shall 
be  changed,  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced. 

RULE  6.     Every  such   pawnbroker   shall   at  the   time  of 

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2()O  STANDING  REGULATIONS  OF  THE 

making  such  loan  deliver  to  the  person  pawning'  or  pledg- 
ing any  goods,  article  or  thing,  a  memorandum  or  note 
numbered  and  signed  by  him,  in  a  form  satisfactory  to  the 
chief  of  police,  containing  the  substance  of  the  entry  re- 
quired to  be  made  in  his  book  by  the  preceding  rule,  and  no 
charge  shall  be  made  or  required  by  any  pawnbroker  for 
any  such  entry,  memorandum  or  note. 

1RuLE  7.  Said  book  mentioned  in  Rule  5,  and  the  prem- 
ises at  which  the  business  is  carried  on,  all  things  pawned, 
pledged  or  sold  and  stored  therein  shall  at  all  reasonable 
times  be  opened  to  the  full  inspection  of  the  mayor,  chief. 
deputy  chief,  captains,  chief  inspector  of  police,  any  mem- 
ber of  the  district  police,  or  any  person  who  shall  be  duly 
authorized  in  writing  for  that  purpose  by  any  or  either  of 
them,  upon  exhibiting  such  written  authority  to  the  pawn- 
broker. 

RULE  8.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  each  day,  before 
twelve  o'clock  M.,  cause  to  be  made  out  and  delivered  to 
the  police  captain  of  the  district  in  which  his  business  is 
conducted,  a  substantial  copy  of  the  entry  required  to  be 
made  in  his  book  during  the  preceding  twenty-four  hours, 
and  the  number  of  the  note  or  memorandum  given  by  him. 

RULE  9.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  post  in  his  office 
or  in  some  conspicuous  way  at  his  place  of  business  a 
printed  copy  of  chapter  497  of  the  acts  of  1895,  ,and  sections 
seven,  eight,  ten,  eleven  and  twelve  of  chapter  192,  of  all 
acts  since  passed  and  as  they  may  hereafter  be  passed  in 
amendment,  supplementary  or  in  repeal  of  the  chapter  .and 
several  sections  just  enumerated. 

1RuLE  10.  No  such  pawnbroker  shall  directly  or  indi- 
rectly receive  any  article  in  p.awn  or  pledge,  or  purchase 
of  any  minor,  knowing,  or  having  reasonable  cause  to 
believe  him  to  be  such,  without  the  consent  in  writing  of 
the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  minor. 

RULE  n.  A  violation  of  any  of  these  rules  or  of  any  sub- 
sequent rules  that  may  be  adopted  in  the  premises  shall  of 
itself  be  sufficient  cause  and  reason  to  revoke  any  such 
license.  The  board  of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  at  any 
time  for  any  other  cause  sufficient  to  them  to  revoke  any 
license  issued  to  any  such  pawnbroker. 

RULE  12.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  at  the  time  of 
receiving  his  license  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  bond  to  the 

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BOARD    OF    ALDERMEN. 

city  with  two  responsible  sureties,  to  be  approvad  by  the 
mayor  in  the  penal  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  which 
bond  shall  be  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  and  obligations  pertaining  to  the  business  so 
licensed. 

CONCERNING  SMALL   LOANS. 

1.  The   board   of   aldermen,   upon   petition   in   form   by 
them  prescribed,  will  license  such  persons  as  to  them  may 
seem  suitable  to  make  loans  secured  by  mortgage  or  pledge 
of  household  furniture  or  other  personal  property  exempt 
from  attachment,  or  by  assignment  of  wages  for  personal 
service,  for  less  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  at  a  rate 
of  interest  greater  than  12  per  cent.,  pursuant  to  and  sub- 
ject to  the  provisions  of  chapter  577  of  the  acts  of  the  legis- 
lature of  Massachusetts  of  the  year  1898. 

All   such   licenses   shall   continue   in   force   for  one   year 
from  the  date  thereof. 

2.  Applications  for  such  licenses  shall  be  made  at  least 
one  month  before  the  same  are  to  be  issued,  ,and  shall  be 
published  at  the  expense  of  the  applicant  to  be  paid  in  ad- 
vance,  by   the   board  of  aldermen,   in   two   or   more   daily 
newspapers   published   in   the   city   of   Cambridge.     Appli- 
cations  for  such   licenses  shall   be  examined   into  .and  re 
ported  on  by  the  chief  of  police.     A  fee  of  twenty  dollar:* 
shall  be  paid  for  each  such  license  at  the  time  the  same  is 
issued. 

3.  Interest  may  be  charged  by  persons  licensed  under 
this  rule  as  follows :     On  loans  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars, 
at  the  rate  of  24  per  centum  per  .annum ;  on  loans  of  over 
fifty  dollars,  at  the  rate  of  18  per  centum  per  annum. 

4.  All  persons  licensed  tinder  this  rule  shall  make  a  re- 
port to  the  said  board   in  writing,  of  every  suit  brought 
upon  any  bond  given  by  such  licensee  pursuant  to  the  pro- 
visions of  statute  1898,  chapter  577,  not  later  than  ten  days 
from  the  entry  of  the  writ  or  other  process  by  which  such 
suit  was  commenced,  which  statement  shall  set  forth  the 
ad  damnum  of  the  writ  and  the  names  and  residences  of  the 
parties  to  such  suit,  the  court  in  which  it  was  brought  and 
the  docket  number  thereof,   if  any.     And  when  any  such 
suit  is  finally  disposed  of,  either  by  judgment  or  decree,  or 
by    order   of   the    court,    or   by    settlement,    such    licensee 
shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  thereof,  give  notice  to  said 


262  STANDING  REGULATIONS   OF   THE 

board,  in  writing,  setting  forth  the  result  of  such  suit  or 
settlement,  and  the  amount  and  terms  of  such  judgment, 
order  or  decree,  and  the  terms  of  such  settlement,  and  the 
amount  or  other  consideration  given  or  promised  therefor. 

5.  All   persons   licensed   under   this   rule    shall   keep   at 
their  places  of  business  a  book  in  which  shall  be  legibly 
written   in   the   English   language,  at   the   time   of   making 
every  such  loan,  a  minute  and  accurate  account  and  des- 
cription of  the  goods,  articles  and  things  pawned  or  pledged 
(particularly  mentioning  prominent  or  descriptive  marks  on 
the  same)  or  specifying  the  wages  assigned,  the  amount  of 
money  loaned  thereon,  the  day  and  hour  when  the  mortgage 
or  assignment  was  made,  the  date  on  which  the  debt  is  to 
become  due,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  thereon,  cal- 
culated at  an  annual  rate  of  percentage,  together  with  the 
name,  age,  residence,  giving  street  and  number,  when  pos- 
sible, of  the  person  pawning  or  pledging  such  goods,  arti- 
cles or  things,  or  assigning  such  wages. 

Every  licensee  shall  enter  in  such  book  at  the  time  of  each 
payment  by  the  borrower,  the  date  of  such  payment,  the 
amount  then  paid,  a  statement  whether  it  is  interest  or  a 
payment  on  account  of  principal,  a  statement  of  the  total 
amount,  both  principal  and  interest,  previously  paid  on  such 
loan,  and  a  statement  of  the  amount  still  due  on  the  prin- 
cipal after  such  payment. 

There  shall  be  a  separate  page  or  a  separate  portion  of  a 
page  in  such  book  for  each  loan,  numbered  consecutively, 
in  which  shall  be  entered  all  the  entries  and  transactions 
relating  to  such  loan  and  the  number  on  such  page  or  por- 
tion of  a  page  shall  correspond  with  the  number  on  the 
memorandum  or  note  to  be  furnished  to  the  borrower  as 
hereinafter  specified.  No  entry  in  said  book  shall  be 
changed,  erased  obliterated  or  defaced. 

6.  Every  such  licensee  shall  at  the  time  of  making  such 
loan  deliver  to  the  person  pawning  or  pledging  any  goods, 
article   or   thing,   a   memorandum    or   note   numbered   and 
signed  by  him,  in  a  form  satisfactory  to  the  chief  of  police, 
containing  the  substance  of  the  entry  required  to  be  made 
in  his  book  by"  the  preceding  rule,   and   no  charge   shall   be 
made  or  required  by  any  such  licensee  for  any  such  entry, 
memorandum  or  note. 

Whenever  an)'  payment  is  made  on  account  of  any  such 
loan  the  person  receiving  the  payment,  or  his  principal. 


HOARD  OF  AU>I-:RMKN.  263 

shall,  when  payment  is  taken,  endorse  on  the  back  of  such 
memorandum  or  note  the  date  of  such  payment,  the  amount 
then  paid,  a  statement  whether  it  is  interest  or  ,a  payment 
on  account  of  principal,  a  statement  of  the  total  amount, 
both  principal  and  interest  previously  paid  on  such  loan, 
and  a  statement  of  the  .amount  still  due  on  the  principal 
after  such  payment.  And  the  person  receiving  such  pay- 
ment, or  his  principal,  shall  sign  such  endorsement.  If  such 
memorandum  or  note  is  lost  or  destroyed,  the  lender  shall 
furnish  the  borrower,  on  demand,  a  duplicate  of  the  same 
free  of  charge,  setting  forth  all  the  endorsements  that  were 
or  ought  to  have  been  upon  the  original  or  upon  any  dupli- 
cate thereof,  at  the  time  of  its  loss. 

7.  Said  book  mentioned  in  rule  5  and  the  premises  at 
which   the   business    is   carried   on,   all    things   pawned    or 
pledged  and  stored  therein,  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be 
open  to  the  full  inspection  of  the  mayor,  chief,  deputy  chief, 
captains,  chief  inspector  of  police,  any  member  of  the  dis- 
trict police  or  any  person  who  shall  be  duly  authorized,  in 
writing,  for  that  purpose  by  any  or  either  of  them,  upon 
exhibiting  such  written  authority  to  the  .licensee. 

8.  Every  such  licensee  shall  each  day,  before  twelve  o'clock 
M'.,  cause  to-be  made  out  and  delivered  to  the  police  captain 
of  the  district  in  which  his  business  is  conducted,  a  substan- 
tial copy  of  the  entry  required  to  be  made  in  his  book  dur- 
ing the  preceding  twenty-four  hours  and  the  number  of  the 
note  or  memorandum  given  by  him. 

The  information  so  received  by  the  chief  of  police  shall 
not  be  divulged  by  him  except  when  lie  is  required  so  to 
do  by  law  or  by  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

9.  No  such  licensee  shall  directly  or  indirectly  receive 
any  article  in  pawn  or  pledge  of  any  minor,  knowing  or 
having  reasonable  cause  to  believe  him  to  be  such,  without 
the  consent  in  writing  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such 
minor. 

10.  A  violation  of  any  of  these  rules  or  of  any  subse- 
quent rules   that  may  be  adopted   in   the   premises,   shall   of 
itself   be   sufficient  cause   and   reason   to   revoke   any   such 
license.     The  board  of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  at  any 
time  for  any  other  cause  sufficient  to  them,  to  revoke  any 
license  issued  to  any  such  licensee. 

11.  Every  such  licensee  shall,  at  the  time  of  receiving 
his    license,   file   with    the   city    clerk   a   bond   to   the   city 


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STANDING  REGULATIONS   OF  THE 


with  two  responsible  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor, 
in  the  penal  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  which  bond  shall 
be  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties 
and  obligations  pertaining  to  the  business  so  licensed. 


Salaries  of 
certain  city 
officers. 


$2000  oo 

IIOO  OO 

2500  oo 
1500  oo 
1500  oo 
1400  oo 
1300  oo 

912  50 

per  year 
per  year 
per  year 
per  year 
per  year 
per  year 
per  year 
per  year 

SALARIES  OF  CERTAIN  OFFICERS. 

The  salaries  of  officers  which  are  fixed  by  the  board  of 
aldermen  are  hereby  fixed  and  established  as  follows,  to  wit : 
Superintendent  of  sewers 
1Soldiers'  aid  clerk  .... 
3Chief  of  police  .... 
Deputy  chief  of  police 
5Captains  of  police  .... 
5Lieutenants  of  police 
Sergeants  of  police 
Patrolmen,  first  two  years  of  service 
Patrolmen,  after  two  years  of  service 
5Patrolmen,  after  five  years  of  service 
2  4Members  of  reserve  police  force,  each 

In  estimating  the  years  of  service,  the  time  spent  as  a  re- 
serve police  officer  shall  be  considered  service  as  a  patrol- 
man within  the  meaning  of  this  regulation. 

Whenever  by  reason  of  length  of  service  the  pay  of  a 
patrolman  is  to  be  increased,  notice  thereof  shall  be  sent  to 
the  mayor  by  the  chief  of  police,  before  placing  the  name 
of  such  patrolman  upon  the  pay  roll  at  the  increased  rate  of 
compensation. 

3The  salary  of  the  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  inclusive  of  the 
cost  of  furnishing  and  maintaining  a  horse  and  carriage  or 
other  vehicle  for  his  use. 


1042  86    per  year 

i 200  GO     per  year 

730  oo     per  year 


Persons    eligible. 


PENSIONING  POLICEMEN 

RULE  i.  Upon  the  recommendation  of  the  mayor,  or  the 
chief  of  police  to  the  board  of  aldermen,  or  upon  his  own 
petition  therefor,  upon  blanks  prepared  by  the  city  clerk, 
any  member  of  the  police  department  of  this  city  of  the  fol- 
lowing three  classes  may  as  hereafter  provided  be  placed 
upon  the  pension  rolls : 


Amended  Dec.    11.    1000. 
-  Amended  Man-h   22.   1001. 
3  Amended  Jxine  1.  190fi. 
4Amended   March   29.   lOt.O. 
"Amended  .Turn-   lT>.   1012. 
"Adopted  June  2*>.   1000. 


BOARD   OF    ALDERMEN. 


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First.  Any  member  of  the  police  department  of  this  city 
who  has  arrived  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  and  who  has 
performed  faithful  service  in  said  department  for  a  period 
of  not  less  than  fifteen  years. 

Second.  Any  member  of  said  department  who  shall  be 
certified  to  said  board  in  writing  by  the  city  physician  of 
this  city  as  being  permanently  incapacitated,  either  men- 
tally or  physically,  by  injuries  sustained  through  no  fault 
of  his  in  the  actual  performance  of  duty,  from  further  per- 
forming duty  as  such  member. 

Third.  Any  member  of  said  department  who  has  per- 
formed faithful  service  therein  for  a  period  not  less  than 
twenty  years,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board,  said  member 
is  incapacitated  for  useful  service  in  said  department. 

RULE  2.  The  amount  of  pension  granted  under  classes 
one  and  three  shall  be  one-third  of  the  annual  compensation 
received  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  retirement ;  and  under 
class  two  shall  be  one-half  of  such  compensation. 

RULE  3.  The  city  physician  shall  examine  every  person 
applying  for  a  pension  under  classes  one  and  three,  and 
shall  furnish  to  the  board  of  aldermen  a  written  statement 
in  regard  to  the  physical  condition  of  each  applicant,  the 
circumstances  under  which  the  disability  was  incurred,  and 
the  sources  of  his  information  in  regard  to  the  same. 

RULE  4.  All  applicants  for  pension  shall  in  the  first  in- 
stance be  referred  to  the  committee  on  police  for  hearing 
and  report  thereon  to  the  board  of  aldermen. 

RULE  5.  Upon  the  granting  of  any  pension,  the  pension- 
er shall  be  placed  on  the  retired  list. 

RULE  6.  In  case  of  emergency  the  chief  of  police  may 
call  upon  any  pensioner  for  temporary  service  in  the  depart- 
ment for  which  he  is  fitted,  and  during  such  service  he  shall 
be  entitled  to  full  pay. 


Age   and   service. 


Certified   by 
city    physician. 


Period    of   service. 


Amount  of 
compensation. 


Physical 
condition. 


Committee 

on  police. 


Retired. 
Emergency 


LOCATIONS     GRANTED     TO     THE     NEW     ENGLAND     TELEPHONE     & 
TELEGRAPH     COMPANY    OF     MASSACHUSETTS. 

SECTION    i.     All  locations  hereafter  granted  to  the   New 
England  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  of  Massachusetts  ordor 
shall   be  granted   on   the   condition   that   said   company   shall 
accept  the  provisions  of  the  order  granting  such  locations  as 
specified  in  the  following 


o?f 


Approved  Oct.  21,  1911. 


266  STANDING  REGULATIONS  OF   THE 

FORM    OF   ACCEPTANCE. 

Form-  Whereas,  By  an  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the 

city  of  Cambridge,  adopted  on  the  day  of 

A.  D.  19         ,  and  approved  by  the  mayor  on  the 
day  of  ,  A.  D.  19     ,  the  New  England  Tele- 

phone &  Telegraph  Company  of  Massachusetts  was  granted 
the  right  to  1erect,  maintain  and  use  poles  and  support  wires 
thereon,  Construct,  maintain  and  operate  certain  conduits,  as 
specified  in  said  order. 

Now,  therefore,  now  all  men  by  these  presents :  that  the  said 
the  New  England  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  of  Massa- 
chusetts, in  consideration  of  the  premises,  and  of  one  dollar 
to  it  paid  by  the  said  city  of  Cambridge,  the  receipt  whereof 
is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  in  compliance  with  the 
terms  and  requirements  of  said  order,  doth  hereby  for 
itself,  its  successors  and  assigns,  covenant,  promise  and 
agree  to  and  with  the  said  city  of  Cambridge  that  it,  the 
said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall  and  will  for- 
ever save  harmless  and  indemnify  the  said  city  of  Cam- 
bridge from  and  against  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  and 
losses  whatsoever,  to  which  the  city  may  be  subjected  in 
consequence  of  the  acts  and  neglect  of  such  persons  and 
corporations,  its  agents,  officers  and  servants,  and  any  and 
all  persons  acting  by,  through  or  under  such  person  or  cor- 
poration, and  in  any  manner  arising  from,  or  growing  out 
of  the  use  and  transmission  of  electricity,  the  privileges  per- 
mitted by  the  city,  and  the  construction,  maintenance,  oper- 
ation and  use  of  said  conduits,  lines,  wires,  cables,  post-. 
poles,  structures,  constructions,  fixtures  and  apparatus 
under  said  order,  and  also  to  fulfil  all  their  agreements  with 
the  s.aid  city,  all  the  lawful  orders,  conditions  and  obliga- 
tions now  and  hereafter  imposed  by  the  board  of  aldermen, 
and  all  lawful  obligations  and  duties  now  or  hereafter 
required  by  law,  and  by  chapter  14  of  the  revised  ordinances 
of  1892,  as  amended  to  November  8,  1899,  .and  every  other 
lawful  ordinance  and  all  addition  and  amendments  relating 
thereto;  and  that  it,  said  company,  accepts,  receives  and 
holds  said" license  and  permission,  and  its  rights  and  privi- 
leges under  the  same,  upon  the  conditions,  terms  and  pro- 
visions aforesaid,  and  that  it  agrees  to,  and  adopts  as  its 
agreement,  all  the  conditions,  terms  and  provisions  afore- 

1  Kr.-isp  what   is  not  applicable. 


BOARD    OF    ALDERMEN.  267 

said,  and  will  fully  carry  out,  observe,  perform  and  be  sub- 
ject to  the  same. 

CONDUIT  LOCATIONS. 

^ECT.  2.     The  authority  and  rights  granted  shall  be  sub-  ^ 
ject  to  all  existing  and  future  ordinances  and  amendments 
thereto,  and  to  all  existing  and  future  orders  of  the  board 
of  aldermen,  relating  to  underground  conduits,  and  to  the 
following  further  conditions,  to  wit : 

1.  In  every   underground   conduit   constructed   by    said 
company  one  duct  not  less  than  three  inches  in  diameter 
shall   be   reserved   .and    maintained,    throughout   its    entire 
length,  free  of  expense,  for  the  use  of  the  fire,  police  and 
other  telegraph  and  telephone  signal  wires  belonging  to  the 
city  of  Cambridge  and  used  exclusively  for  municipal  pur- 
poses.    The  city  shall  have  equal  facilities  with  the  com- 
pany, for  putting  in,  taking  out  and  repairing  its  wires  and 
cables  of  said  conduit  system.     The  right  is  also  reserved 
to  the  city  to  connect  from  any  other  conduit  system  or 
irom  distributing  poles,  pipes  or  buildings,  either  municipal 
or  private,  to  the  manholes  constructed  by  said  New  Eng- 
land Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company  of    Massachusetts 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  said  telegraph  and  telephone 
signal  wires  owned  by  said  city  from  one  system  of  con- 
duits or  poles  to  any  other  system  of  conduits,  or  to  other 
poles  or  buildings;  provided,  however,  that  said  company, 
if  it  shall  so  elect,  may  construct,  build  or  provide  the  other 
manholes    at    its   own    expense    for   the   use   of    the    city    in 
making  connections  with  the  ducts  reserved  for  municipal 
signal  wires  as  aforesaid. 

2.  The  authority  herein  granted  is  also  subject  to  the   Privileges  of  city. 
right  and  privilege  of  the  city,  if  it  shall  so  elect  at  any 

time,  and  if  it  shall  have  the  right,  to  purchase  of  said  com- 
pany, its  successors  or  assigns,  all  or  any  part  of  said  con- 
duits at  a  price  not  exceeding  the  original  cost  thereof,  to 
be  fixed,  in  case  the  parties  cannot  agree,  by  the  chief  jus- 
tice of  the  superior  court  .at  the  time.  In  case  the  chief  jus- 
tice declines  to  serve,  it  shall  be  fixed  by  three  referees, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  one  by  the 
said  company,  and  the  third  by  the  two  before  mentioned, 
and  by  accepting  the  authority  herein  given,  said  company, 
for  itself,  its  successors  and  assigns,  does  thereby  agree  to 
sell  upon  the  aforesaid  terms  to  the  city  aforesaid. 

'Amended  Oct.  28,  1911. 


268 


STANDING  REGULATIONS  OF  THE 


Report  after 
completion  of 
conduits. 


In  case  of 
disagreement. 


Construction    of 
conduit   and 
repair  of  streets. 


Rates    of    discount 
to  city  for  use 
of  streets. 


Removal    of 
features,  etc., 
after   completion. 


Within  six  months  after  the  completion  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  conduits  built  under  the  authority  conferred  by 
this  order,  or  whenever,  during  such  construction,  the 
mayor  shall  so  request,  said  company  shall  file  with  the  city 
clerk  a  statement  in  such  form  as  the  mayor  shall  require, 
showing  the  original  cost  of  said  conduits,  said  statement 
to  be  certified  by  the  president  of  said  company. 

3.  In  case  of  purchase  as  aforesaid,  said  company  shall 
thereafter  have  the  right  to  use  said  conduits  by  payment  to 
said  city  of  such  rental,  in  case  the  parties  cannot  agree,  as 
said  chief  justice  of  the  superior  court  or  referees  may  de- 
termine. 

4.  Said  company  shall  construct  said  conduit  system  in 
such  locations  in  the  said  streets  as  may  be  designated  by 
the  City  Engineer  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  mayor,  the 
superintendent  of  streets,  and  the  city  engineer.       Within 
three  months  from  the  time  of  completion  of  the  said  con- 
duit system,  said  company  shall  file  with  the  city  engineer 
and  city  electrician  satisfactory  plans  showing  in  detail  the 
location,  size,  depth,  appurtenances  and  details  of  construc- 
tion of  the  systems  as  built;  the  time,  manner,  place,   and 
duration  of   the  opening  of   streets    for  the  construction   of 
said  conduits,  and  the  time  within  which  the  work  shall  be 
completed,  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  superintend- 
ent of  streets  of  said  city.     Whenever  said  company  shall 
dig  open  any  street  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  oper- 
ation or  repair  of  any  part  of  said  system,  it  shall  refill  and 
repair  said  street  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent 
of  streets.       In  constructing  said  conduit  system,  and   in 
making  repairs  upon  the  same,  it  shall  employ  Cambridge 
labor,  with  the  exception,  only,  of  skilled  men  requirec1  in 
the  work. 

5.  That  said  company  while  using  any  part  of  the  con- 
duit  system   authorized   by   this   order,   shall,    so   long  as   it 
shall  pay  no  compensation  for  the  use  of  the  streets  occu- 
pied by  said  conduit  system  in  whole  or  in  part,  allow  and 
remit  to  the  city  a  discount  of  thirty-three  and  one-third 
(33-1/3)   per  cent,  from  the  regular  rates  established   for 
exchange  service  for  the  use  of  its  telephones  by  others  in 
this  city,  for  and  on  account  of  all  telephones  and  other 
patents  of  and  used  by  said  company  for  the  sole  use  of  the 
city. 

6.  That  said  company  within  such  time  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  work  authorized  in  this  order  as  the  board  of 


BOARD   OF    ALDERMEN.  269 

aldermen  shall  designate,  shall  remove  from  the  streets 
named  in  this  order  all  its  present  poles,  wires,  cables,  posts, 
structures,  constructions,  fixtures  and  apparatus  with  the 
following  exceptions : 

(1)  Such    necessary    poles    as    the    board    of    aldermen 
shall  allow  to  be  retained  and  to  be  used  solely  for  distri- 
bution from  said  conduit. 

(2)  Poles  now  used  jointly  by  said  company  and  the 
Boston  Elevated  Railroad  Company  as  long  as  they  shall 
be  so  used. 

/.  The  said  company  before  beginning  work  under  this  porm  of  written 
order  shall  accept  this  order  in  form  of  written  acceptance 
provided  in  the  standing  regulations  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men, and  shall  give  to  the  city  of  Cambridge  a  bond  which 
shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  mayor,  conditioned  to  indemnify 
and  save  the  city  harmless  from  and  against  all  claims, 
damages,  costs  and  expenses  and  losses  whatsoever,  to 
which  the  city  may  be  subjected  in  consequence  of  the  acts 
and  neglect  of  such  person  or  corporation,  their  agents,  offi- 
cers and  servants,  and  any  and  all  persons  acting  by, 
through  or  under  such  person  and  corporation  and  in  any 
manner  arising  from  and  in  any  way  growing  out  of  the 
construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  said  conduit 
system,  under  this  order. 

1-2JUNK,    OLD    METALS,    SECOND-HAND   ARTICLES   AND   RAGS. 

SECTION  i.  The  chief  of  police,  the  deputy  chief  of  police,  Examination  of 
and  any  police  officer,  shall  at  all  times  have  authority  to  in- 
spect and  examine  all  books  kept  by  keepers  of  shops  for  the 
purchase,  storage,  sale  or  barter  of  junk,  old  metals  or  second- 
hand articles,  or  rags,  as  well  as  to  inspect  and  examine  any 
such  shop  and  all  articles  and  merchandise  therein,  or  any 
vehicle  used  in  the  collection  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  articles. 

SECT.   2.     Every   license   to   a   collector   and   dealer   in,   or  License  and 


keeper  of  a  shop  for  the  purchase,  storage,  sale  or  barter  of 
junk,  old  metals  and  second-hand  articles,  and  to  every  col- 
lector and  dealer  in  rags  in  this  city,  shall  contain  the  require- 
ments of  the  ordinances  and  regulations  applicable  thereto, 
and  shall  also  contain,  with  reference  to  the  license  issued  to 
collectors  and  dealers  in  junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles 
and  rags,  the  further  provision  that  each  such  collector  and 


April    4.    l'.»"O. 
Amended  April  18,   1907. 


2/0 


STANDING  REGULATIONS   OF   THK 


Fee. 


Wearing  the 
badge. 


Name  and 
number  of 
on  wagou. 


license 


dealer  shall,  in  addition  to  his  license,  receive  from  the  city 
clerk  a  badge,  for  which  he  shall  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  cents 

(5oc.). 

SECT..  3.  While  engaged  in  the  collection  of  junk,  old 
metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags,  every  person  so  licensed 
shall  wear  in  plain  sight  a  badge  with  the  appropriate  words 
and  number  thereon,  and  shall,  upon  the  request  of  any  police 
officer,  exhibit  his  license  for  inspection. 

SECT.  4.  Every  vehicle  used  in  collecting,  transporting  or 
delivering  any  junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles  or  rags, 
shall  have  the  name  of  the  owner  and  the  number  of  his  li- 
cense placed  upon  the  outside  of  each  side  thereof,  in  plain, 
legible  letters  of  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in 
height,  so  that  they  may  be  distinctly  seen. 


List  of  Public  Statutes  and  Parts 
of  Statutes  requiring  acceptance 
which  have  been  accepted  by  the 
City  of  Cambridge  and  the  dates 
of  such  acceptances. 


PUBLIC  STATUTES 


CHAPTER  28. 
Sections  17  to  22  inclusive: — 

Relating  to  vacancies  in  the  offices  of  mayor,  alderman, 
member  of  common  council,  or  any  other  office  to  be  filled  by 
popular  election. 

Duties  of  ward  officers,  and  the  removal  of  officers  from 
one  ward  to  another  ward  in  the  city,  after  election. 

Corresponding  provisions  of  chapter  19,  General  Statutes, 
to  ivit: — Sections  6  to  n  inclusive,  were  accepted  October  31, 
1860.  Section  23: — 

Providing  that  the  mayor  or  any  alderman  or  member  of 
the  common  council  may  at  the  same  time  hold  any  other 
office  under  the  city  government  except  one  of  emolument. 

Accepted  December  27,  1888. 

CHAPTER  50. 

Section   25.     Apportionment  of   sewer  and  sidewalk  assess- 
ments : — 

The  provisions  of  chapter  249,  of  the  acts  of  the  year  1878, 
which  correspond  to  the  privisions  of  the  above-named  chap- 
ter were  accepted  by  an  ordinance  passed  November  19,  1879. 

CHAPTER  51. 
Sections  I  to  10  inclusive : — 

Authorizing  the  assessment  of  betterments  on  account  of 
public  improvements.  Accepted  by  vote  of  city  council,  ap- 
proved December  28,  1887. 


272  LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES. 

CHAPTER  58. 

The  inspection  and  sale  of  provisions  and  animals  intended 
for  slaughter.  Accepted  February  5,  1890. 

CHAPTER  60. 

Sections    32,    33    and    34.      Authorizing   the    appointment   of 

weighers  of  hay: — 

The  provisions  of  sections  72,  73,  74  and  75,  of  chapter  49, 
General  Statutes,  which  correspond  to  the  provisions  of  the 
above-named  sections  were  accepted  January  9,  1861. 

CHAPTER  80. 

Sections  8  to  12  inclusive.     Authorizing  the  appointment  of  a 

board  of  health: — 

The  provisions  of  chapter  133,  of  the  acts  of  1877,  which 
correspond  to  the  provisions  of  the  above-named  sections, 
were  accepted  November  6,  1877. 

CHAPTER  101. 

Sections  I  to  5  inclusive: — 

Burnt  or  dangerous  buildings,  adjudged  nuisances  and  how 
such  nuisances  may  be  abated.  Accepted  June  19,  1884. 

CHAPTER  102. 

Sections  40  to  48  inclusive : — 

Regulating  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  steam  engines, 
furnaces  and  boilers.  Accepted  January  29,  1890. 

Chapter  197,  of  the  acts  of  the  year  1845.     Accepted  May 
12,  1845. 
Sections  122  to  127  inclusive: — 

Regulating  issuing  of  smoke.    Accepted  May  16,  1907. 

CHAPTER  104. 

Section  i.     Cities  may  make  by-laws   for  the  prevention  of 
fires : — 

The  provisions  of  chapter  243  of  the  acts  of  1872,  which 
correspond  with  the  provisions  of  the  above-named  section, 
were  accepted  May  17,  1872. 
Sections  4  to  1 1  inclusive : — 

The  inspection  of  buildings.    Accepted  January  23,  1885. 


LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES.  2/3 

CHAPTER  257.    ACTS  OF  1857. 

In  relation  to  Hancock   Free  Bridge.     Accepted  June   15, 
1857- 

CHAPTER  384.    ACTS  OF  1888. 

In  relation  to  armories  for  militia.    Accepted  November  22, 
1901. 

CHAPTER  74.    ACTS  OF  189x3. 

In  relation  to  the  preservation  of  the  public  health  in  cities. 
Accepted  May  15,  1890. 

CHAPTER  341.    ACTS  OF  1892. 
In  relation  to  public  parks.    Accepted  June  15,  1892. 

CHAPTER  378.    ACTS  OF  1892. 
Pensions  for  police.     Accepted  May  2,  1900. 

CHAPTER  462.    ACTS  OF  1893. 

In  relation  to  establishing  a  building  line  on  public  ways. 
Accepted  July  28,  1893. 

CHAPTER  337.    ACTS  OF  1893. 
In  relation  to  public  parks.    Accepted  June  7,  1893. 

CHAPTER  364.    ACTS  OF  1894. 

Authorizing  the  city  to  continue  the  pay  of  disabled  officers 
and  employees  in  certain  cases.    Accepted  May  31,  1894. 

CHAPTER  481.    ACTS  OF  1894. 

Sections  n,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22: — 

Relative  to  the  regulation  and  inspection  of  buildings.     Ac- 
cepted November  21,  1894. 

CHAPTER  99.    ACTS  OF  1895. 

Authorizing  the  city  to  establish  hospitals   for  contagious 
diseases.     Accepted  March  20,  1895. 


274  LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES. 

CHAPTER  71.    ACTS  OF  1895. 

Authorizing  city  to  establish  fire  limits.     Accepted  March 
27,  1895. 
• 

CHAPTER  236.    ACTS  OF  1895. 

Authorizing  the  placing  of  parks  and  commons  under  the 
charge  of  the  park  commissioners.    Accepted  May  8,  1895. 

CHAPTER  173.    ACTS  OF  1896. 
Amending  Charter,  etc.    Accepted  April  i,  1896. 

CHAPTER  175.    ACTS  OF  1896. 
Clay  pits.    Accepted  April  16,  1896. 

CHAPTER  238.    ACTS  OF  1896. 

Building  sewers  by  Cambridge  and  Somerville.     Accepted 
May  12,  1896. 

CHAPTER  455.    ACTS  OF  1894. 

Plumbing:  Supervision  and  licensing.     Accepted  November 
12,  1896. 

CHAPTER  507.    ACTS  OF  1895. 

Caucus  act.  Accepted  by  voters  of  Democratic  Pary  April 
28,  1897. 

CHAPTER  314.    ACTS  OF  1896. 
Reserve  police  force.       Accepted  November  17,  1897. 

CHAPTER  462.    ACTS  OF  1893. 
Building  line  on  public  ways.    Accepted  April  13,  1898. 

CHAPTER  313.    ACTS  OF  1896. 

As  amended  by  chapter  379,  acts  of  1897.  Building  line  and 
height  of  buildings  on  parkways,  etc.  Accepted  April  13, 
1898. 

CHAPTER  267.    ACTS  OF  1898. 
Firemen's  pension.    Accepted  by  voters  December  13,  1898. 


LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES.  275 

CHAPTER  548.    ACTS  OF  1898. 

Sections  99-131  inclusive: — 

Caucus  act.     Accepted  by  voters  of  Republican  party  Sep- 
tember 28,  1898. 

CHAPTER  344.    ACTS  OF  1899. 
Eight-hour  law.    Accepted  by  voters  December  12,  1899. 

CHAPTER  179.    ACTS  OF  1899. 

To  vacate  certain  sewer  assessments.     Accepted  April  13, 
1899. 

CHAPTER  275.    ACTS  OF  1899. 
Drain  by  city  of  Somerville.    Accepted  August  4,  1899. 

CHAPTER  246.    ACTS  OF  1900. 
Pension  of  firemen.    Accepted  by  voters  December  n,  1900. 

CHAPTER  105.    ACTS  OF  1901. 
Charles  River  dam.    Accepted  July  3,  1901. 

.CHAPTER  332.    ACTS  OF  1901. 

Three-year  term  for  city  clerk.    Accepted  by  voters  Decem- 
ber 10,  1901. 

CHAPTER  397.    ACTS  OF  1901. 

Election  of  members  of  common  council.     Accepted  May 
16,  1901. 

CHAPTER  357.    ACTS  OF  1902. 
Election  of  school  committee.    Accepted  June  27,  1902. 

CHAPTER  428.    ACTS  OF  1903. 
Pensions  for  police.    Accepted  July  18,  1903. 

CHAPTER  454.    ACTS  OF  1903. 
Primary  election.    Accepted  by  voters  November  6,  1903. 


276  LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES. 

CHAPTER  373.     ACTS  OF  1905. 

Three-year  term  for  city  auditor.     Accepted  by  voters  De- 
cember 12,  1905. 

CHAPTER  52®.    ACTS  OF  1906. 
In  relation  to  subways.    Accepted  June  28,  1906. 

CHAPTER  529.    ACTS  OF  1906. 
Alewife  Brook  improvement.    Accepted  October  27,  1906. 

CHAPTER  256.    ACTS  OF  1907. 
Private  Passageways.    Accepted  May  31,  1907. 

CHAPTER  491.    ACTS  OF  1907. 

Three-year  term  for  city  solicitor.    Accepted  by  voters  De- 
cember 10,  1907. 

CHAPTER  565.    ACTS  OF  1907. 
Time  of  city  election,  etc.    Accepted  by  voters  December  10, 


1907. 


CHAPTER  566.    ACTS  OF  1907. 


In  relation  to  powers  of  school  committee.     Accepted  by 
voters  December  10,  1907. 

CHAPTER  216.    ACTS  OF  1908. 

Apportionment  of  sidewalk  assessments.     Accepted  Febru- 
ary 10,  1909. 

CHAPTER  224.    ACTS  OF  1908. 
Repeal;  board  or  survey.    Accepted  May  21,  1908. 

CHAPTER  513.    ACTS  OF  1908. 
Relative  to  playgrounds.    Accepted  March  9,  1909. 

CHAPER  498.    ACTS  OF  1908. 
Pension  fund  for  teachers.     Accepted  by.  voters  March  n, 


LIST  OF  PUBLIC  STATUTES.  277 

CHAPTER  423.    ACTS  OF  1909. 

Sale  of  commodities  on  Lord's  Day.     Accepted  June  26, 
1909. 

CHAPTER  514.    ACTS  Op  1909. 

Section  42: — 

Eight-hour  day.    Accepted  by  voters  March  n,  1913. 

CHAPTER  367.    ACTS  OF  1911. 
Use  of  school  halls.    Accepted  May  25,  1911. 

CHAPTER  405.    ACTS  OF  1911. 

Boundary      line      between      Arlington      and     'Cambridge. 
Accepted  June  2,  1911. 

CHAPTER  447.    ACTS  OF  1912. 
Retirement  of  veterans.    Accepted  April  30,  1912. 

CHAPTER  546.    ACTS  OF  1912. 

Vacation   of   members  of   fire   department,   one  day  in   five. 
Accepted  by  voters  March  n,  1913. 

CHAPTER  503.    ACTS  OF  1912. 

Pension  for  laborers,  etc.    Accepted  by  voters  November  5, 
1912. 

CHAPTER  578.    ACTS  OF  1912. 
Indebtedness  for  park  purposes.    Accepted  July  5,  1912. 


INDEX 

NOTE. — City  Charter  was  approved  by  the  Governor  on  May 
29,  1891,  and  accepted  by  the  voters  at  the  annual  election 
held  December  8,  1891.- 


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INDEX 


ABATEMENTS  PAGE 
certificates  of  abatement  of  taxes,  etc.,  to  be  addressed  to 

treasurer      ........  13 

a  copy  thereof  to  be  sent  to  the  auditor      ....  13 

of  water-rates.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT      .       .  176 

appropriations  for  invalid  tax  deeds 244 

ACCOUNTS.     See  AUDITOR'S  DEPARTMENT. 

of  all  offices  and  departments,  city  auditors  to  direct  15 

in  case  of  error  in 16 

order  and  requisition  blanks ,16 

ACTS 

done  not  affected  by  these  ordinances       ....  3 

ADVERTISEMENTS 

for  proposals  and  purchases,  how  published      .       .       .  190 

ALDERMEN,  BOARD  OF 

city   messenger   shall   attend   all   meetings       ...  26 

shall  locate  poles,  conduits,  etc 136 

may  give  authority  to  license  the  removal  of  buildings, 

through  streets 165 

public  notice  and  hearing  to  be  given  before  license  is 

granted 165 

may  authorize  the  superintendent  of  streets  to  license 

plank  sidewalks 167 

may  give  authority  to  erect  awnings 169 

may  designate  numbers  to  be  affixed  to  buildings     .       .  160 

shall  establish  public  scales 203 

to    issue    warrants    for    elections,    etc 209 

shall  fix  the  time  for  opening  and  closing  the  poles       .  210 

shall  designate  place  for  holding  general  meetings       .  210 

standing  regulations  of 251 

street   railways,   relating  to 251 

intelligence  offices 251 

moving  buildings ;  253 

minors'  licenses 253 

use  of  streets  by  vehicles 256 

billiard  and  other  amusement  licenses     .       .       .  258 

pawnbrokers 258 

concerning  small  loans 261 

salaries  of  certain  officers 264 

pensioning  policemen 264 

locations   granted   to  the   New   England   Telephone   & 

Telegraph  Company  of  Massachusetts   .       .       .  265 

form   of  acceptance 266 

conduit  locations 267 

junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles  and  rags     .        .  269 


282  .  INDEX. 

PAGE 

ALMSH'OUSE.     See  OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR  DEPARTMENT. 

to  be  the  workhouse  of  the  city 214 

AMBULANCE,  Emergency.     See  POLICE  OFFICERS. 

AMUSEMENT  LICENSES 

regulations  concerning      .        .        .       .       .       .       .       .  253 

ANIMALS 

not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large,  or  feed  in  the  streets. 
See  DOG,  HORSE. 

intended  for  slaughter,  etc 141 

kept   for   the   production    of   milk 141 

ANNUAL  REPORTS 

of  officers  and  boards  in  charge  of  departments. 
Departmental    expenses,    etc.,   to   be   presented   to    city 

council  annually 244 

auditor's  report 244 

APPEAL,  BOARD  OF.     See  BOARD  OF  APPEAL. 

appointment,  terms,  vacancies,  qualifications,  decisions, 

reports,  etc 53 

APPOINTMENT 

of  officers  by  the  mayor 23 

confirmation  of 23 

APPROPRIATIONS 

when  expended,  auditor  to  give  notice  to  the  mayor,  city 

council,  etc. 18 

monthly  and  annual  statements  of  auditor  in  regard  to  19 

notice  of,  to  be  furnished  to  auditor  by  city  clerk       .  24 

for  different  departments,  to  be  under  supervision 'and 

control  of  certain  boards  and  officers       .       .       .  190 

expenditures  not  to  exceed 192 

ARROWS 

shooting  with  bow  and,  in  streets  forbidden      ...  227 

ASHES  AND  OTHER  RUBBISH 

how  removed 168 

not  to  interfere  with  travel 168 

barrels  containing,  not  to  be  maliciously  tipped  over     .  229 

disposal  of,  in  streets 234, 

ASSESSORS'   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

•      under  charge  of  what  officers 5-13 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

their  duties 13 

vacancies  in,  how  filled 13 

ordinance  in  relation  to 13 

to  give  whole  time  to  their  duties 13 


INDEX.  ^  283 

PAGE 


ASSESSORS'    DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

to  make  returns  to  auditor  of  amount  of  tax  warrant 

and  other  assessments 13 

warrants    to    collector 13 

apportionment  of  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessments       .  14 

to  keep  records  of  abatements 13 

to  address  certificates  of  abatements  to  treasurer     .       .  13 

to  send  copies  of  such  certificates  to  auditor      ...  13 

assessments  by,  when  to  be  made        ..'...  13 

list  of  assessments,  when  to  be  given  to  treasurer  .       .  13 

salary  of 194 

ASSISTANT  ASSESSORS 

to  be  appointed  by  mayor  * .  8 

salary  of .  194 

ASSISTANT  CITY  CLERK 

See  CITY  CLERK  DEPARTMENT. 

duties  and  powers 25 

may  be  removed .  25 

shall  give  bond 25 

election  void  if  bond  not  given      ......  25 

new  bond  when 25 

salary  of        .               194 

ASSISTANT  CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES 

appointment  of 27 

See  CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES  DEPARTMENT. 

AUCTIONEERS 

appointment  of .  8 

AUDITING  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer    .       .       .       .               .       .  5-15 

salary  of 194 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

assessors  to  make  return  to,  of  amount  of  tax  warrant 

and  other  assessments 13 

assessors  to  send  to,   copies  of  certificates  of  abate- 
ments   13 

custody  of  official  bonds 15 

report  of  receipts,  etc 16 

auditor  empowered  to  withhold  payment  of  any  bill       .  16 

furnish  blanks  in  triplicate 16 

amount  exceeding   $300 .  17 

shall  draw  orders  for  payment  of  accounts       ...  17 
shall  draw  orders  for  payment  of  salaries  of  the  teach- 
ers        " 17 

accounts  and  claims  to  be  proved  by  heads  of  depart- 
ments            17 

for  state  and  military  aid        ...                      .*  18 


284  INDEX. 

PAGE 

AUDITING    DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

to  meet  emergencies 18 

bills  payable 18 

to  countersign  drafts  and  orders  on  treasurer  ...  19 
to  give  notice  of  expenditures  of  any  appropriation  to 

mayor  and  city  council 18 

to  countersign  bonds,  notes,  etc.,  of  city      ....  19 
to  countersign  certain  orders  drawn  by  the  mayor  on 

the  treasurer 19 

to  make  annual  report 19 

financial  year  to  begin  first  day  of  April      ....  19 

treasurer  to  make  monthly  report  to /       173 

treasurer   to    make    monthly    statement    of    fees,    etc., 

received   to 173 

office  hours  of  auditor 189 

ofilcers  and  boards  to  make  statement  to,  of  all  moneys 

received 18S 

to  examine  sureties  in  bonds  annually       ....  200 

AWNINGS,  SHADES,  ETC. 

not  to  be  erected  within  the  limits  of  street,  except       .  169 

BALCONIES.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

BALL. 

playing  on  commons,  etc.,  forbidden  except,  etc.       .       .          230 
playing  in  streets  forbidden 227 

BANANA  SKINS,  ETC. 

not  to  be  thrown  on  silewalk 229 

BASE  BALL.     See  BALL. 

BASEMENTS 

regulations  relating  to  doorsteps  and  entrances  to  .       .  165 

BATHING 

in  a  nude  state  so  as  to  be  exposed  to  view  of  persons  in 

streets    forbidden 228 

BICYCfLES 

riding  at  rate  of  speed  exceeding,  forbidden      .       .       .227 

BELLS 

ringing  of 233 

BILLIARD  AND  OTHER  AMUSEMENT  LICENSES 

regulations  concerning 258 

BILLS 

how    approved 17 

purchases  made  on  order  blanks  furnished  by  auditor    .  16 

for  use  of  water,  committed  to  treasurer     ....  182 
standing  regulations  for  the  use  of  water  to  be  printed 

on  .certain  180 


INDEX.  285 

PAGE 


BLOW-OFFS 

from  steam  boilers  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or 

drains 155 

BOARD 

of  health.     See  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

of  commissioners  of  sinking  funds.  See  SINKING  FUND 
DEPARTMENT. 

of  assessors.    See  ASSESSORS'  DEPARTMENT. 

of  trustees  of  Public  Library.  See  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

of  trustees  of  Bridge  Charitable  Fund.  See  BRIDGE 
CHARITABLE  FUND. 

of  trustees  of  Sanders  Temperance  Fund.  See  SANDERS 
TEMPERANCE  FUND. 

annual  reports  of  officers 244 

BOARD  OF  APPEAL 

appointed  by  mayor 53 

election  and  tenure  of  office 53 

vacancy 53 

substitutes 53 

clerk  of 53 

applications  to 53 

decisions  of,  to  be  in  writing 54 

to  specify   variations  allowed 54 

applicants  to  have  copy  of 54 

summary  of  in  annual  report 54 

hearings  on  appealed  cases 54 

BOARDS,  EXECUTIVE 

to  have  charge  of  certain  departments,       ....  5 

to  be  under  control  of  mayor 5 

may  license  or  permit  anything  prohibited  to  be  done 

without  their  license  or  permission        ...  4 

shall  designate  officer  to  certify  payrolls  of  employees  .  17 

shall  make  no  expenditures  beyond  appropriations       .  192 

shall  furnish  annual  estimates  to  mayor  in  January     .  193 

shall  keep  records  of  money  received         ....  188 

shall  pay  moneys  received  to  treasurer  daily      .       .       .  18S 

certain  boards  to  pay  weekly 188 

shall  make  returns  to  auditor 188 

shall  have  control  of  their  appropriation        .       .       .  190 
not  to  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  without 

approval  of  mayor,  except 190 

shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  by  the  provisions 

of  chapter  27 190 

shall   advertise  for  proposals 190 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisements  to  auditor      .       .       .  190 

plan  to  be  shown  to  bidders 190 


286  INDEX, 


PAGE 

BOARDS,    EXECUTIVE— Con  tinned. 

bond  required  of  contractor 190 

See  OFFICERS 

See  CONTRACTS 

cause  of  removal  of  subordinates  to  be  entered  on  record          192 

not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated      ....  192 

what  records  to  be  kept  and  open  to  public     .       .       .          192 

licenses  to  contain  certain  condition 193 

shall  not  advocate  or  object  to  any  act  before  the  legis- 
lature            192 

disposal  of,  in  streets 

BOILERS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

BONDS.    See  the  Various  DEPARTMENTS. 

of  city  officers  to  be  approved  by  mayor      ....  6 

custody    of 15 

of   corporations   or   persons   constructing,   etc.,   a   tele- 
graphic or  other  electrical  line  in  the  city     .       .          138 
of.  person  licensed  to  construct,  etc.,  drains,  connecting 

with  sewers 15 i 

of  city,  how  signed  and  countersigned       ....          171 
when  paid  shall  be  cancelled  by  city  treasurer  ...          171 

and  transmitted  to  city  auditor 171 

of  person  licensed  to  move  building  through  street      ,          165 
officers,  shall  have  sureties      .       .       .       .       .       .       .          193 

contracts  to  be  accompanied  by  .       .       .       .       .          190 

of  various  city  officers.     See  the  DIFFERENT  TITLES. 

licenses  and  permits  not  to  be  valid  without  ...          200 

all  city  officials  required  to  give 247 

premium  for  surety 247 

BONFIRES 

not  to  be  made  in  the  streets         .       .       .  '     .       .       .  227 

BOOTHS 

not  to  be  erected  on  commons  or  public  grounds  without 

a  permit 231 

or  on  streets  without  a  permit 227 

BOTTLES 

disposal  of,  in  streets 234 

BOW 

shooting  with,  forbidden  in  streets 227 

BRICKS 

disposal  of  in  streets '234 

BRIDGE  CHARITABLE  FUND 

how  to  be  applied       .       . 211 

trustees  of,  who  shall  be 211 

trustees  to  have  care  of  fund  and  make  annual  report    .          211 

BRIDGES.      See  STREET  DEPARTMENT  AND  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

BRIDGES.     See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

persons  shall  not  deface 229 

shall  not  obstruct  draw 229 

shall  not  fasten  vessels,  etc.,  to 229 

shall  obey  drawtender  when  using  the  draw      .       .       .  229 


287 


PACK 
BRIDGE  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge   of  what  officer 5-21 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to Til 

West    Boston,     Craigie,    Prison    Point,    and    Harvard 

Bridges 21 

commissioner  of 21 

powers  and  duties 21 

how  and  when  appointed      .       .       .       .       .       .  5-21 

tenure  of  office 21 

powers  and  duties .  21 

removal 21 

to  make  annual  report  with  estimate  of  expenses  for 

next  year 21 

vacancy          .               21 

city  engineer  to  make  annual  examination  of  ...  29 

BUILDINGS.      See    CONSTRUCTION,    MAINTENANCE    AND    IN- 
SPECTION OF 50 

superintendent  to  be  in  charge  of 50 

how  appointed .               .  50 

term  of  office 50 

qualifications  required 50 

salary  of,  fixed  by  ordinance 50 

may  appoint  inspectors,  employees,  and  assistants         .  50 

clerk  to  keep  records  open  to  public 51 

employees  to  retain  positions  until. removal  or  discharge  50 

inspectors,  qualifications  required  of 50 

Officers,  superintendent,  salary,  term,  etc 50 

shall  examine  dangerous  buildings  and  premises      ......  52 

not  to  engage  in  other  business   ......  51 

furnish  material 51 

be  financially  interested 51 

requirements  and  restrictions  of 51 

shall  have  charge  of  public  buildings 50 

records  to  be  open  to  public  inspection       ....  51 

under  charge  of  superintendent 50 

BURIALS.     See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT;  ALSO  UNDERTAKERS. 

BY-LAWS 

to  be  termed  ordinances •; 

See  ORDINANCES. 

CAMBRIDGE  CEMETERY.     See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

CANOPIES 

provisions  as  to,  when  erected  within  limits  of  streets  .  109 

CARD 

disposal  of,  in  streets 234 

CARPETS 

not  to  be  shaken  or  cleaned  in  streets      \       .  230 


288  INDEX. 


PAtiE 

CARRIAGES 

when  furnished  at  expense  of  city 193 

not  to  be  washed  or  cleaned  in  streets       .       .       .       .  221 

not  to  be  stopped  on  flagging  stones,  etc 226 

not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalks 22& 

regulations  concerning  use  of  streets  by   .       .       .       .  256 
See  VEHICLES. 

CARTS.     See  VEHICLES. 

CATCH-BASINS 

to  be  kept  clean  and  in  repair  by  city  engineer       .       .  15S 
the  entrances  of,  to  be  kept  open  and  clear  of  ice  by  the 

superintendent  of  streets 153 

See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

CATTLE 

not  to  be  allowed  on  sidewalks 229- 

CELLARS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

regulations  relative  to  doorsteps  and  entrances  to  .       .  165 

under  sidewalk,  conditions  of  maintaining       .       .       .  170 

CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT 

creation   of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-22 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of  commissioners 

tenure  of  office    ..." 22 

vacancy 22 

powers    and    duties    .........  22 

shall  have  charge  of  Cambridge  Cemetery  ....  22 

shall  have  charge  of  burying  ground  on  Garden  street  .  22 

may  sell  rights  of  burials 22 

deeds  of  lots  to  be  executed  by  mayor 22 

lots  and  graves  to  be  placed  in  perpetual  care  .       .       .  22-172 

annual  report  of  commissioners 22 

when  money  is  to  be  received  by  treasurer  for  perpetual 

care •     .  22 

interest  of  such  money  to  be  applied  to  care  of  lot  .       .  22 

treasurer  to  receive  such  sums  of  money  ....  22-172 

treasurer  to  send  to  superintendent  of,  notice,  etc.  .        .  22 
treasurer  to  pay  to  board  of  commisisoners  of,  interest 

on  such  sums 22 

application  of  money  received  for  care  of  lots  in  .       .  22-172 

name  of  fund 23-172 

annual  report  of  commissioners 22 

reconveyance  of  lots  in,  to  the  city 23 

acceptance  of  deed  of  reconveyance 23 

sum  to  be  deposited  sufficient  to  provide,  etc.  ...  23 

proprietor  may  reserve  the  right  of  admission  23 


INDEX.  289 

PAGE 


CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

deeds  in  trust 23 

treasurer  to  send  to  superintendent  of,  notice,  etc.  .       .  172 

CERTIFICATES 

of  weighing  hay,  etc 203 

CESSPOOLS,  VAULTS,  AND  PRIVIES 

board  of  health  shall  make  contracts  for  cleaning    .       .  154 

CHARCOAL  MEASURES 

inspector  of 

CHIEF  ENGINEER.     See  FIRE;  DEPARTMENT. 

CHIEF  OF  POLICE.     See  POLICE- DEPARTMENT. 

CHILDREN 

under  sixteen  years  of  age 235 

shall  not  loiter  upon  any  street  after  9.30  P.  M.       .       .  235 

shall  be  accompanied  by  parent,  etc 235 

returning   from   employment,   etc 235 

performing  some  duty,  directed  in  writing       .       .  «     .  235 

violation  of  provisions  of  ordinance 235 

CHIMNEYS 

how  to  be  taken  down  before  building  is  moved       .       .  165 

CINDERS 

disposal  of,  in  streets * .        .        .  234 

CIRCULARS 

disposal  of,  in  streets 234 

CITY  AUDITOR.     See  AUDITING  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  CHARTER 

new,  when  accepted  by  the  voters  (note)    ....  279 

when    approved    (note) '  279 

CITY  CLERK  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-24 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 24 

CITY  CLERK 

to  record  and  publish  ordinances        .....  3 

term  of  offce  of 24 

salary  of 194 

may  be  removed 24 

bond 24 

new  bond,  when  to  be  given .  24 

powers  and  duties  of       ...       .       .       .       .       .       .  24 

office   hours          189 

to  have  care  of  city  records  and  documents,  etc.  .  .  24 
to  notify  auditor  of  orders  authorizing  expenditures,  etc.  24 
to  report  daily  to  auditor  money  received  .  *  24 
to  pay  to  treasurer  daily  money  received  ...  24 
to  notify  city  council  of  expiration  of  time  for  assess- 
ment of  betterments,  etc 24 


29O  INDEX. 

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PAGE 

CITY  CLE'RK— Continued. 

to  report  to  treasurer  orders  for  sewers  and  sidewalk 

assessments,  apportionments  and  abatements       .  24 
to  attend  all  meetings  of  board  of  aldermen,  of  both 
branches   of  the   city  council  when  met  in  con- 
vention         24 

to  keep  record  of  proceedings  in  such  cases      ...  24 

shall  record  deeds  of  lots  in  Cambridge  Cemetery       .  22 

engineer's  office  to  be  a  part  of  clerk's  office,  etc.       .       .  156 
to  make  annual  statement  to  the  city,  council  of  fees, 

etc.,    received 188 

to  keep  record  of  streets  and  sidewalks  accepted  .        .  167 

shall  sign  warrants  of  members  of  fire  department       .  31 

to  be  custodian  of  city  seal 202 

to  receive  records  of  weighers,  when 203 

to  sign  warrants    for   calling   meetings    in    the   several 

precincts            209 

duties*  of,  at  general  meetings  of  inhabitants  ...  210 
to  keep  record  of  proceedings  at  such  general  meetings  210 
may  issue  licenses  to  use  and  drive  vehicles  for  con- 
veyance for  persons,  etc.,  for  hire      ....  257 
to  keep  record  of  licenses  granted  for  stands  and  ve- 
hicles, and  of  persons  to  use  and  drive  vehicles 
for  hire 257 

CITY  COUNCIL 

city  messenger  shall  wait 26 

no  member  to  be  commissioner  of  sinking   funds  157 

shall  give  name  to  streets 160 

no  members  of,  shall  be  a  member  of  water  board      .       .  176 

water  board  shall  have  certain  powers  of  .       .       .       .  176 

CITY  ELECTRICAL   DEPARTMENT 

under  charge  of  what  officer ' .       .  130 

ordinance  in  relation  to " .       .       .  130 

tenure  of  office  of  inspector  of  wires 139 

duties  of  city   electrician 130 

shall  have   supervision  of  all  wires,   poles,  con- 
duits, etc 130 

shall  inspect  condition  of  poles,  wires,  etc.     .       .  130 
shall  order  poles,  etc.,  unsafe  to  be  replaced  .       .  130 
shall  inspect  wires  in  buildings  in  process  of  con- 
struction   131 

shall  enforce  all  laws,  etc.;  relative  to  wires,  etc.  .  131 
shall   have  supervision  of  fire  alarm,  telegraph, 

police  signal  system,  etc 131 

shall  purchase  wires,  apparatus,  machinery,  etc.     .  131 

shall  cause  to  be  erected  all  appliances,  etc.  .       .  131 
shall  have  care  and  oversight  of  all  street  lamps, 

except 131 


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CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT — Continued. 

shall  contract  for  all  materials,  lighting,  etc.       .  132 

shall  keep  account  of  lamps,  men  employed,  etc.  .  132 

shall  examine  all  meters  for  gas,  except        .       .  132 
shall  make  examinations  and  tests  when  requested 

by  certain  departments    .....  132 

shall  have  access  to  all  places  when  necessary  132 

annual  report  to  city  council 132 

wires  to  be  suitable  and  strong 130 

to  be  attached  to  strong  'and  sufficient  poles     .       .       .  130 

entering  buildings  to  be  attached  to  appliances,  etc.       .  131 

within  buildings  to  be  suitably  insulated  ....  131 

to  be  cut  in  case  of  fire,  etc 131 

placing,  insulation,  etc.,  of 132 

shall  not  be  attached  to  poles  by  means  of  brackets       .  133 

of  more  than  one  party  to  be  attached  on  same  cross-arm  133 

additional  wires  shall  not  be  affixed,  except   .       '.       .  133 

unused  wires,  etc.,  not  to  be  left  on  street       .       .  .     .  133 

wires,  etc.,  not  to  be  attached  to  tree  without  consent  134 
wires,  etc.,  not  ta  be  attached  to  buildings,  etc.,  except 

by  order 134 

wires  not  to  be  attached  to  poles  without  order  of 

board   of  aldermen 131 

wires  to  be  put  in  aerial  cable,  when       ....  136 

wires  and  conduits  to  be  removed,  when      ....  137 

poles  to  be  painted   and  insulated 130 

poles,  etc.,  erected  only  by  order  of  board  of  aldermen  136 

poles  for  telegraph,  etc.,  to  be  of  hard  pine,  etc.     .       .  135 

poles  for  wires  of  street  railway  to  be  of  iron,  etc.   .       .  135 

locations  for  poles  in  sidewalks 135 

petitions  for,  must  contain  exact  location  of  pole  .       .  136 

must  be  accompanied  by  duplicate  plans     .       .       .  138 

hearing   to   be   given 136 

notice  to  be  served  upon  owners,  etc 136 

removal  of  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  etc.  .       .       .       .       .  136 

use  of  poles  by  other  corporations 136 

electric  current  to  be  shut  off  in  case  of  fire,  etc.     .       .  131 
detailed  plan  of  number  and  location  of  poles   to   be 

furnished           133 

signal  boxes,  police  and  fire  alarm,  not  to  be  opened, 

except 134 

city  may  attach  wires  to  all  poles  for  its  own  use  .       .  134 
streets,  etc.,  not  to  be  torn  up  without  a  license  .       .  137 
streets,  etc.,  to  be  restored  after  opening      ....  137 
cross-arms,  supports,  etc.,  to  have  tags  affixed  to  desig- 
nate  owner,  except 130 

conduits  not  to  be  removed  without  permission     .       .  137 

city  to  have  space  in  underground  conduits   .       .       .  137 

guard  rail  to  be  around  manhole,  when  opened       .       .  137 

city  electrician  to  have  notice  of  intended  placing,  etc.  132 


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CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

city  electrician  to  give  permission  for  affixing  additional 

wires 132 

person  or  corporation  owning,  to  comply  with  rules,  etc., 

with  respect  to  quality  of  poles,  etc.       ...  133 
person  or  corporation  constructing  or  operating  lines  to 

give  bond 138 

condition  of  bond 138 

new  bond  may  be  required 138 

acceptance  of  locations  of  poles,  etc.,  to  be  filed  .       .  134 

location  void  if  acceptance  is  not  filed   ....  135 

location  void  if  work  is  not  completed  within  six  months  135 

locations,  etc.,  may  be  revoked  by  board  of  aldermen     .  135 

locations  to  be  changed,  when 136 

CITY  ENGINEER.     See  ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  HOSPITAL, 

in  charge  of  what  officers 241 

appointment  of    .       .       .       .               .     •  .       .       .       .  241 

duties •       .  241 

annual  report 241 

vacancy 242 

requirements  for  admission  of  inmates  to       ...  241 

compensation  received  from  patients 241 

assistants   on  staff 242 

CITY  MESSENGER  DEPARTMENT 

creation   of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-26 

salary    of 195 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 26 

city  messenger: 

tenure  of  office  * •  .  26 

removal 26 

powers  and  duties 26 

to  purchase  stationery 26 

to  have  charge  of  printed  matter,  etc.      ...  26 

shall  look  after  City  Hall 26 

shall    make    report    of    stationery,    to    auditor, 

monthly         ........  26 

shall  make  annual  report 26 

CITY    MONEYS.       See     AUDITING    DEPARTMENT    OFFICERS, 
TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  OFFICERS.    See  OFFICERS. 

CITY  PHYSICIAN.    See  PHYSICIAN,  CITY. 

CITY  DEBT.     See  SINKING  FUND. 


INDEX.  293 

PAGE 
CITY  SEAL 

to  what  instruments  to  be  affixed,  and  by  whom  .       .  6 

device  of 202 

custodian  of 202 

CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS 

sealer  of  weights  and  measures  to  have  general  control 

•of  public  scales 151 

board   of  aldermen  to  establish 203 

shall  be   furnished  with   decimal   weights        ...  203 

weighers  shall  be  appointed  by  mayor       ....  203 

to   be   sworn 203 

duties  of  weighers -  203 

shall  deliver  certificates  of  every  load  weighed       .       .  203 

shall  keep  a  record  open  to  public  inspection  .       .       .  203 

record  book  when  filled  to  be  delivered  to  city  clerk  .  203 

fees  for  weighing 203 

fees  to  be  paid  in  quarterly,  to  treasurer       ...  203 

weighers  shall  keep  scales  clear  of  snow,  etc.       .       .  204 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  to  have  general  control 

of  public  scales 204 

compensation  of  weighers 204 

CITY  SOLICITOR.     See  LAW  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY   TREASURER.     See  TREASURY   DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS 

CLAIMS.     See  ACCOUNTS. 

against  the  city,  how  to  be  approved        ....  17 

CLERK  OF  WATER  BOARD 

how  chosen 176 

CLERKS  AND  ATTENDANTS.     See  SUBORDINATES. 

compensation  of  clerks  in  the  several  departments  to  be 

determined  by  the  finance  committee      .       .       .  189 

CLERK   OF  COMMITTEES   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of i  5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-27 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 27 

tenure  of  office 27 

duties  of 27 

shall  be  clerk  of  all  committees 27 

shall  keep  books  of  record 27 

shall  keep  a  calendar  of  committee  meetings     ...  27 

shall  notify  members  of  meetings 27 

assistant  of  clerk  how  appointed  .  , 27 

duties  of         ....  27 


294  INDEX. 

PAGE 

CLUBS 

possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden       ......          228 

COAL 

weighers  of 8 

dealers  in 244 

COAL  HOLES 

in  sidewalks,  regulations  relative  to 167 

condition   of  maintaining        .......  167 

covers  to  have  iron  rods  or  legs 167 

COASTING 

in"  streets  prohibited  without  permission   ....          227 

COLLECTOR  OF  TAXES.     See  TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

treasurer  to  be  ex-officio 171 

COMMISSIONERS.     See  THE  VARIOUS  TITLES. 

COMMISSIONERS    OF    CAMBRIDGE    CEMETERY.        See 
CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

COMMISSIONERS   OF  SINKING  FUND 

how  constituted 157 

appointment  of .       .  9 

no  member  of  city  council  to  be  a  member  of     ...  157 

to  have  control  of  all  funds  for  payment  of  the  city  debt  157 
to  certify  to  auditor  annually  the  amounts  required  for 

sinking  funds 157 

debts  due,  how  paid  by  board  from  fund      ....  157 

ordinance  in  relation  to 157 

annual  appropriations  for  sinking  funds,  amount  of       .  157 

COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE.     See  FINANCE  COMMITTEE  ON. 

COMMITTEES,  CLERK  OF.    See  CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

COMMITTEES 

clerk  of 27 

to  keep  record  of  proceedings 27 

to  be  notified  of  meetings 27 

COMMON  COUNCIL 

salary  of  slerk 194 

members  of,  how  apportioned 208 

COMMON  SEWERS.     See  SEWERS. 

COMMONS  AND  PUBLIC  GROUNDS.     See  STREET  DEPART- 
MENT. 

COMPENSATION 

of  clerk  fixed  by  committee  on  finance       ....  189 

concerning  small  loans,  regulations 261 


INDEX.  295 

PAGE 

CONDUCTORS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

not  to  direct  water  upon  a  sidewalk 167 

CONDUITS.       See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

CONSTABLES 

appointed  by  mayor 7 

warrants  for  elections  to  be  served  by       .               .       .  209 

CONSTRUCTION,  MAINTENANCE  AND  INSPECTION  OF 

BUILDINGS 50 

permits  for  construction,  etc.,  of  buildings       ...  51 

application  for 51 

examination  of  every  building   in   course  of  construc- 
tion, etc 52 

dangerous  and  damaged  buildings 52 

removal  of  unsafe  building  and  close  to  public  highway  52 

definitions  and  term*  used      ........  64 

requirements  for  buildings  erected  or  altered     ...  65 

Prohibitions 67 

materials 69 

classification  of 78 

building  for  manufacturing  purposes  ......  79 

construction 79 

additional  requirements   for  tenement  houses        .       .  94 

light  and  ventilation 99 

theatres 106 

places  of  public  assembly 114 

existing  theatres .  116 

plumbing 116 

gas-fitting  and  gas-fitting  materials 124 

hazardous  buildings  and  appliances  for  power  and  heat  127 

combustible  materials 128 

repeals 129 

removal  of,  through  streets 165 

license,   how   obtained 165 

bond  to  be  given 165 

chimneys  to  be  taken  down 165 

defective,  causing  injury  to  sidewalk  .       .       .       .       .  166 

interior  and  exterior  in  tenement  houses     ....  95 

stones  and  storage  buildings 78 

in  what  they  shall  consist 95 

tenement  house,  general  regulation  for       ....  95 

exterior  and  interior 95 

details  to  be  prescribed  by  superintendent       .-  89 

egress  in  case  of  fire 66 

balconies 9^ 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  WORDS  AND  TERMS  .  4 


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CONTINUANCE 

of  pay  of  city  employees 236 

employee  injured  shall  petition  city  council      .       .       .—  236 

petition  shall  give  time  and  place 236 

petition  referred  to  committee  on  claims  ....  236 

city  physician  and  city  solicitor  to  be  notified         .        .  ,  236 

investigation  relative  to  injury 236 

hearing  before  committee  on  claims 236 

report  of  committee,  if  in  favor,  etc 236 

amount  to  be  recorded  and  verified  by  department  .       .  236 
certificate  from  head  of  department  before  payment  is 

made 237 

injured  person  to  give  receipt  and  release  in  full  .       .  237 

further  payment  should'  disability  continue       .       .       .  237 

CONTRACTS 

to  be  accompanied  by  bond 190 

to  be  executed  in  triplicate  and  one  copy  deposited  with 

the  auditor 190 

not  to  be  made  for  more  than  one  year,  except              .  191 
plans,  specifications,  and  schedules  to  be  prepared  when 

advertisements  are   made 190 

above  $300  in  amount  to  be  in  writing      ....  191 

above  $300  in  amount  to  be  approved  by  mayor      .       .  190 

no  proposals  for,  to  be  accepted  from  certain  parties       .  190 
proposals  for,  to  be  under  seal,  and  placed  in  a  sealed 
box  of  which  the  clerk  of  committees  shall  hold 

the  key 190 

proposals  for,  how  opened 190 

to  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder 190 

proposals  for,  may  be  rejected 190 

bids  to  be  preserved  and  open  to  public  inspection       .  190 

not  to  be  altered  without  consent '  191 

payments  for  extra  work,  when  made       ....  191 
to  provide  that  in  case  of  alteration,  portion  not  affected 

shall  remain  in  force 191 

payment  for  work   under  alterations  not  to  be  made 

until  completion  of  whole  contract,  etc.       .       .  191 
involving  employment  of  labor  to  contain  certain  pro- 
visions               ...  192 

not  to  exceed  appropriations 192 

C6NVENTION 

city  clerk  to  attend  all  meetings  of  both  branches  of 

city  council   in 24 

to   keep  records   of   meetings 24 

CONVEYANCES.     See  DEEDS. 
COUNCIL,  CITY.     See  CITY  COUNCIL. 


INDK:".  297 

PAGE 


CO-OPERATION     AMONG     THE     DEPARTMENTS     AND 

BOARDS 240 

COWS 

not  to  be  allowed  to  feed  or  go  at  large  in  the  street     .  226 

CROTCH 

possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden       .       .       .       .       .  228 

DEAD.     See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT.     UNDERTAKERS. 

DEALERS  IN  COAL  AND  COKE 

license  for  sale  of 244 

period  of  license 244 

DEATHS 

to  be  reported  to  undertakers 244 

fees  of  undertakers  for  making  return  of,  how  paid      .  224 

DEBTS.     See  SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT. 
DECEASED  SOLDIERS*.     See  SOLDIERS. 

DEEDS,  ETC. 

given  by  the  city  to  be  executed  by  mayor       ...  6 

of  cemetery  lots,  etc.,  how  executed  and  recorded  .       .  22 

invalid  tax,  charged  to  abatements 244 

DEEDS  IN  TRUST  OF  LOTS  IN  CEMETERY.     See  CEME- 
TERY DEPARTMENT. 

DEFINITIONS  OF  WORDS  AND  TERMS        ....  4 

DEFACING 

property,  forbidden 227 

DEPARTMENTS,  also  see  UNDER  the  VARIOUS  TITLES. 

creation  of  the  several 5 

may  license  anything  prohibited  from  being  done  with- 
out their  permission 4 

each  to  be  under  charge  of  boards  and  officers  designated  5 

all  to  be  under  control  of  mayor 5 

to  be  held,  responsible  for  damages  for  one  year  after 

opening  of  streets 163 

shall  make  no  expenditure  beyond  appropriation      .       .  192 

not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated   ....  192 
not  to  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  without 

approval  of  mayor,  except 190 

shall  furnish  annual  estimates  to  mayor  in  January      .  193 

heads  of,  to  have  control  of  their  appropriation       .       . '  190 
shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  by  the  provisions 

of  chapter  28 190 

shall  advertise  for  proposals 190 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisements  to  auditor  .       .       .  190 

plans  to  be  shown  to  bidder 190 


298  INDEX. 

PAGE 

DEPARTMENTS— Continued. 

bond  required 190 

See  CONTRACTS. 

cause  of  removal  of  subordinates  to  be  entered  in  record  192 

what  records  to  be  kept  and  open  to  public     .       .       .  192 

licenses  to  contain  certain  conditions        .       .       .       . '  193 
shall  give  certificate  before  payment  is  made  to   city 

employees  injured  in  performance  of  duty      .       .  237 

amount  shall  be  recorded  and  verified  by  heads  of  .       .  236 

co-operation  among 240 

annual  reports  must  be  made  by 244 

See  BOARDS,  OFFICERS. 

DEPUTY     COLLECTORS     OF     TAXES.       See     TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT. 

DIRT 

house  dirt,  how  removed 168 

not  to  be  placed  in  drinking  fountains,  etc.,  in  streets 

not  to  be  placed  in  streets,  etc 234 

DISORDERLY  CONDUCT 

in  streets  -forbidden   .  228 

DOCUMENTS  AND  PRINTED  MATTER 

to  be  kept  by  city  messenger 26 

DOGS 

appointment  of  persons  to  receive  information  of  dam- 
age done  by 7 

license  fees  to  be  received  by  treasurer      ....  172 

how  credited 172 

barking,  etc.,  not  to  be  kept  in  the  city,  and  penalty  for 

keeping 215 

not  to  be  allowed  to  walk,  etc.,  on  flower-beds  on  com- 
mons, etc.          .       .       . 231 

DOORS.      See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDING. 

not  to  swing  over  sidewalks 164 

DRAIN  LAYERS.     See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

DRAINS 

See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 
See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

DRIVING  ' 

fast,  prohibited  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond 

in  streets 226 

DWELLING  HOUSES.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

DUTIES  AND  SALARIES 

ordinance  relating  to 188 


INDEX.  299 

PAGE 


ELECTIONS 

for   choice   of   city   officers.     See   UNDER  THEIR  DIFFER- 
ENT TITLES. 
See  WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS. 

election  officers,  salary  of 195 

warrants  for 209 

aldermen  to  fix  time  for  opening  and  closing  polls  at  .  210 

ELECTRIC   LIGHT  COMPANIES.        See   CITY   ELECTRICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 

EMPLOYEES 

liable  for  penalty  if  their  employees  violate  an  ordinance  4 

payment  of 174 

office  hours  of,  how  fixed 188 

non-residents  not  to  be  employed 189 

continuance  of  pay  of 23G 

ENGINE  COMPANIES.    See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

/ 
ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT.     Also  see  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-28 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of  city  engineer 8 

tenure   of  office 28 

duties  of 28 

salary  of 194 

office  hours 188 

to  notify  mayor  when  street  is  encroached  upon     .       .  9 

ordinance   in   relation   to 28 

to  furnish  lines  and  grades  of  streets  when  parties  in- 
tending to  build 29 

to  make  and  have  charge  of  plans  of  streets,  etc.  .       .  28 

to  examine  all  bridges  annually 29 

shall  supervise  repairs  of  bridges 29 

to  make  annual  reports 29 

to  have  charge  of  construction  of  public  works       .       .  28 

shall  measure  work  done  by  contract  when  required     .  28 

shall  make  such  surveys,  plans,  etc.,  as  may  be  required  28 

shall  not  interfere  with  existing  departments  ...  29 
shall  give  information  of  lines  and  grades  of  streets 

without  charge "...  29 

shall  notify  mayor  of  encroachments  on  streets       .       .  29 
shall  ascertain  proper  foundation  grade  for  superstruc- 
ture of  buildings  erected  by  the  city       ...  29 
may  construct  conduits  from  vaults  into  common  sewers  49 
shall  perform  work  within  province  of  civil  engineer, 

required  by  board  of  park  commissioners      .       .  147 

engineer  shall  have  charge  of  sewer  department  .       .  152 
shall  issue  permits,  under  direction  of  board  of  health, 

for  construction  of  vaults  with  sewers  155 


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ENGINEERS   OF  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT.        See  FIRE 

DEPARTMENT. 

ENGINEMEN.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 
EXECUTIVE 

chief  executive  officer  to   be   mayor 5 

ordinance   in  relation   to 6 

he  shall  cause  laws,  ordinances,  etc.,  to  be  enforced       .  6 
shall  exercise  supervision  and  control  over  officers  .       .  6 
shall  cause  violations  and  neglect  of  duty  to  be  pun- 
ished   6 

may  summon  heads  of  departments,  etc.,  before  him  .  6 

may  call  special  meetings  of  city  council  or  of  either 

board 6 

shall  communicate  to  both  boards  information  concern- 
ing  the    city 6 

shall  fill  vacancies  for  unexpired  term     ....  6 

shall  designate  temporary  officers G 

shall  approve  bonds  of  city  officers 6 

shall  execute  deeds,  etc.,  on  behalf  of  city       ...  C 

shall  execute  deeds   of  burial  lots        .....  22 

shall  discharge  mortgages,  etc 7 

may  assign  mortgages,  when 

may  release  tax  titles 7 

shall  approve  auditor's  drafts 7 

shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes,  etc.,  of  city       .... 
shall  designate  stations  for'  detention  of  women  under 

arrest          9 

shall  designate  persons  to  cause  to  be  interred  indigent 

deceased  soldiers 9 

shall  fill  vacancies  in  police  and  fire  departments       .  9 

shall  direct  the  removal  of  buildings  encroaching  upon 

the   streets 9 

powers  and  duties  of G 

shall  appoint   certain   officers 6 

surveyor  of  highways 170 

may  draw  draft  for  sum  due  for  interest  on  Cambridge 

Water  Loan 178 

chief  engineer  to  notify  of  increase  of  pay  of  members 

of  fire  department 195 

shall  approve  contracts  exceeding  $300       ....  190 

shall  be   trustee  of  the   Bridge   Charitable1   Fund   and 

chairman 211 

shall  be  trustee  of  the  Sanders  Temperance  Fund  and 

chairman    '.      ' 212 

EXHAUSTS,   STEAM        .        .        .        .  . 155 

FAST  DRIVING 

prohibited  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond       ....  232 

in  streets  226 


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PEES 

received  by  city  officers  on  behalf  of  the  city  to  be  paid 

daily  to  treasurer,  and  reported  to  the  auditor  1SS 

officers  and  boards  receiving,  shall  keep  record  of  .       .  188 

city  clerk  and  treasurer  to  make  annual  statement  to 
the  city  council  for  all  fees  and  perquisites  re- 
ceived by  them 188 

of   weighers  of   hay,   etc. — .  204 

FENCE 

required  in  certain  cases  while  building      ....  161 

when  street  is  unsafe,  etc 160 

FENCE  VIEWERS 

appointment  of 7 

FIELD  DRIVERS 

appointment  of    .  ^ 7 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE  ON! 

to  approve  pay  of  officers,  etc.,  of  water  works  depart- 
ment   .,.  176 

of  whom  to  consist .       .  193 

when  appointed 193 

duties  of 193 

to  fix  compensation  of  clerks 189 

to   approve   compensation   of  janitors        ....  195 

FINANCIAL  YEAR.     See  YEAR. 

to  begin  December  1 171 

FINES 

for  violations  of  ordinances,  etc.,  to  inure  to  use  of  city  4 

See  PENALTIES. 

FIRE    ALARM    TELEGRAPH.      See    CITY    ELECTRICAL    DE- 
PARTMENT. 

FIRE  ARMS 

not  to  be  discharged  in  city  limits 227 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT 

creation   of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-30 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 30 

how  constituted 30 

vacancy .'51 

qualifications  as  members 81 

increase   in   permanent   force 31 

titles 31 

terms 31 


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FIRE  DEPARTMENT— Con  tinned. 

removal 31 

warrant .31 

chief  engineer,   powers   and   duties   of        ....  32 

shall  enforce  all  ordinances,  orders,  etc 32 

control  department  supplies .  32 

custodian  of  property  of  department 

shall  not  leave  city  without  notifying  deputy  chief 

shall  keep  books  for  receipts,  official  acts,  etc. 

shall  appoint  driver  for  chief's  wagon  *    ....  32 

shall  have  direction  of  firemen •  32 

shall  transmit  to  mayor  notice  of  member  for  increase 

of  pay  on  length  of  service 33 

•  shall  prescribe  hours  for  feeding  horses   ....  33 

in  absence  ofi  chief  engineer,  next  in  rank  to  act        .  33 

shall  make  annual  report 33 

shall  cause  manual  to  be  printed,  containing  ordinance, 

etc 33 

in  absence  of  both  chief  and  fleputy  chief  who  shall  act  33 

general  orders .  S3 

duties  and  powers  of  deputy  chief 33 

duties  of  captains  of  companies                                    *  34 

shall  give  directions  to  drivers        ....  34 

duties  of  captains  of  engine 34 

shall  keep  buildings  in  good  condition     ...  34 
shall  not  permit  disorderly  conduct  or  lounging  around 

premises 34 

shall  see  that  members  are  provided  with  manual  .        .  34 

shall  report    inefficiency 34 

shall  report  accidents ?>5 

shall  report  alarms  of  fire 35 

shall  report  sickness  and  injury 35 

shall  report  defect  in  apparatus 

shall  make  annual  report  to  chief 35 

shall  examine  fire  hydrants 35 

shall  keep  company  journal 35 

shall  inspect  buildings 36 

lieutenants: 

powers  and  duties 36 

enginemen: 

duties 37 

shall  instruct  member  to  act  as  assistant  engine- 
man         37 

shall  perform  duties  as  captain  may  direct  .        .  37 
assistant  enginemen: 

duties 37 

drivers: 

duties 37 

feeding   and   care   of   horses 38 

racing  to  and  from  fires 38 


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PAGE 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

care  of  horses   at  fires .     S8 

horses  shod 38 

drill-master: 

shall  be  designated  by  the  chief       ....  38 

duties 38 

call-men : 

shall  report  for  drill  when  ordered        ...  39 

must  not  leave  city 39 

duties  at  fires  .               39 

appointment  of  substitutes 39 

duty  of  substitutes 40 

general  rules: 

bearing  of  officers .       .  40 

officers  to  wear  badge  to  designate  position       ...  40 

captains  at  second  and  third  alarms       ...  40 

religious  or  political  discussions  at  stations       .  40 

use  of  intoxicants,  gambling,  etc 41 

sick  and  injured  members  .......  41 

leave  of  absence 41 

discipline  at  fires 42 

uniforms 44 

badges .  45 

roll  of  merit 45 

pension  for  members  of  fire  department      .  46 

petitions  for                      46 

restrictions  on 46 

city  physician  shall  examine 47 

chief  engineer  shall  furnish  statement   ...  47 

amount  of  pension  not  to  exceed       ....  47 
signal-boxes   and   poles   of   fire-alarm   telegraph   not   to 

be  interferred  with,  etc.       .       .       .       .       .       .  134 

office  hours  of  chief 189 

chief  engineer  shall  examine  buildings  where  petroleum, 

etc.,  is  kept 222 

shall  report  in  writing 222 

shall  make  complaint  for  violation  of  ordinance     .       .  223 

FIRE  ESCAPES.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

FIRE  LIMITS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

fire   limits — establishment        .......  54 

means  of  egress 55 

westerly  end  of  Mass.  Ave.  at  Harvard  Bridge       .       .  55 

Bridge  Street '  55 

Main  Street,  near  Kendall  Square 56 

Broadway,  near   Sixth   Street 56 

Third  Street,  at  Broad  Canal        ......  57 

East  Street 58 

Gore  Street 58 

Harvard  Street,  at  Smith  Square 58 ' 


304  INDEX. 

PAGE 

FIRE  LIMITS— Continued. 

Territory  north  of  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad      .       .  59 

Boylston  Street 59 

Lafayette  Square 59 

Central  Square     . 60 

Putnam  Square 61 

Quincy  Square 61 

Harvard  Square 61 

Lechmere  Square 62 

Inman  Square 62 

Kendall  Square .  63 

Smith  Square 63 

FIREMEN,  PENSIONS  FOR.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

FIREWORKS,    ETC.      See    SALE   AND   USE   or   BLANK   CAR- 
TRIDGES, FIRECRACKERS,  FIREWORKS,  ETC.  .        .        .  243 

FISH,  COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  PRESERVATION  OF 

appointment  of 7 

FLOORS 

construction  of 

FLUES 

regulations  as  to 

FOOT  BALL.     See  BALL. 

FOUNDATIONS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

FOUNDATION  WALLS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

FOUNTAINS 

for  private  fountains,  see  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

for  drinking,  not  to  be  contaminated 228 

FOWLS 

not  to  go  at  large  in  streets 226 

FRESH  POND 

constituted  a  reservoir,  storage  basin,  and  water  supply 

for  city 231 

fishing,  swimming,  bathing,  boating,  etc.,  in,  forbidden          231 
throwing  dirt,  etc.,  in,  or  on  land,  etc.,  appurtenant 

to,  forbidden         .  231 

going  upon  the  ice  of,  except  to  skate,  forbidden   .       .  231 

using  sleds,  ice  boats,  etc.,  on  the  ice  of,  forbidden  .       .  231 

teams   conveying  burdens   not  to   be   driven   upon  the 

driveway  of       ....    - 232 

funeral  processions  not  to  be  driven  upon  the  drive- 
way of 232 

fast  driving  on  driveway  of,  prohibited       ....  232 


INDEX.  3O5 

P.V.iK 


FRESH  POND— Continued.    . 

trees,  etc.,  on  land  and  driveway  appurtenant  thereto 

not  to  be  injured 232 

sward,  gravel,  etc.,  on  such  land  and  driveway  not  to  be 

dug  or  carried  away 232 

climbing,  or  tying  horses  to  trees,  etc.,  on  such  land 

forbidden  232 

posting,  bills,  etc.,  within  grounds  of,  prohibited    .        .  232 

penalty  for  violating  provisions  relating  to       ...  232 

FUEL 

not  to  remain  unnecessarily  in  the  streets  over  night          106 
if  in  street  over  night  to  be  lighted 166 

FUNERALS.      See    CEMETERY    DEPARTMENT,    ALSO    UNDER- 
TAKERS. 

FURNACES.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

GAMING  4 

forbidden 227 

GARAGE 

permits  issued  by  board  of  aldermen 09 

GAS 

shut-off  in  supply  pipes  outside  of  building       .       .  21f> 

when   furnished   to-   public   buildings,   etc.,   must   have 

shut-off 216 

expense  of  shut^off  to  be  borne  by  person  or  company 

supplying  216 

GATES 

not  to  swing  over  streets       .       .       .       .       .       .       .'         164 

GENERAL  MEETING  OF  VOTERS 

when   to   be   held 209 

form  of  warrants  for 209 

warrants  for,  how  served 209 

proceedings  at 210 

duties  of  city  clerk  at                      210 

record  of  proceedings  of,  to  be  kept 210 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS  CONCERNING  BY-LAWS       ...  3 

GENERAL   REGULATIONS    FOR    STREETS,    COMMONS, 

ETC :      .  226 

GLASS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

GOATS 

not  to  go  at  large  on  sidewalks      .  226 

GONGS 

ringing  of  prohibited,  except 233 

violation  of  ordinance 233 


3O6  INDEX. 


GRADE.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT.     . 

to  be  furnished  by  city  engineer 29 

GRATES 

in  streets  regulated 165 

GRAVES.     See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

GUARD-RAIL 

to  be  placed  around  manhole,  when  opened        .       .       .  137 

GUIDES  IN  THE  CITY  OF  CAMBRIDGE        ....  240 

license  granted  by  mayor 240 

qualifications 240 

duties 240 

GUIDE-BOARDS 

not  to  be  injured,  etc 227 

GUIDE-POSTS 

not  to  be  injured,  etc.       .       . 227 

GUNPOWDER  AND  EXPLOSIVE  COMPOUNDS 

regulations  for  keeping "  211 

transportation  of 217 

regulations  concerning  vehicles  containing       .       .       .  21-7 

inspection  of  vehicles  containing 218 

chief  engineer  of  fire  department  to  be  notified  of  place 

of  keeping 218 

GUNS 

not  to  be  discharged  in  city  limits 227 

HACKNEY  CARRIAGES 

regulations  concerning  use  of  streets  by      ....  256 

HAIR 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

HARBOR  MASTER 

appointment  of 9 


HANDBILLS.     See  LITTER. 

HAND  CARTS.     See  VEHICLES. 

HAWKING  AND  PEDDLING  REGULATED  ...  245 

HAY  WEIGHERS 

appointment  of 

HEALTH   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of .       .  5 

under  charge  of  what  officers  .       .       .   *    .       .       .       .  5-48 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of 

ordinance  in  relation  to  48 


INDEX.  307 

PAGE 


HEALTH,  BOARD  OF 

appointment  of 

of  whom  to  consist 48 

term  of  office -    •  48 

duties  and  powers  of 48 

may  call  upon  officers  of,  and  departments  to  aid  it  48 

members  to  serve  without  compensation      ....  48 

suitable  accommodations  to  be  furnished  to      ...  48 

to  make  annual  report  to  city  council  ......  48 

to  make  contracts   and   regulations   for   cleaning   cess- 
pools, vaults,  etc 48 

all  such  contracts  to  be  conditioned  that  work  be  done 

to  its  satisfaction 48 

to  keep  account  of  work  done  by  it  and  deliver  bills  for 

same  to  treasurer 48 

to  report  list  of  such  bills  to  auditor  monthly       .       .  48 
to  direct  city  engineer  as  to  permits  for  construction  of 

vaults  with   sowers 49-155 

HEARSES.     See  UNDERTAKERS. 

not  to  be  driven  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond      .       .       .  232 

See  UNDERTAKERS. 

HEARTHS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 
HEATING  APPARATUS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 
HIGHWAYS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 
HOOP 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc. 234 

HORSE-RAILROADS.      See    STREET   RAILWAYS   AND    STREET 
DEPARTMENT.  ' 

HORSES 

not  to  be  tied  to  trees  upon  commons,  etc 229 

not  to  be  permitted  on  commons,  etc.,  except,  etc.   .  230 

not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large  or  feed  on  commons,  etc.          230 
fast  driving  of,  forbidden  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond     .  232 

not  to  be  stopped  on  flagging  stones 226 

not  to  be  wantonly    frightened  in  streets     .       .       .       .  227 

not  to  be  cleaned  in  streets 227 

not  to  be  tied  to  trees  in  streets 229 

not  to  be  allowed  to  stand  near  trees  in  streets      .       .  226 

See  VEHICLES.     STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

HOSE 

water  board  may   restrict  the  use  of        ....  182 

HOSEMEN.    See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

HOT-AIR  REGISTERS.    See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

HOURS 

office,  at  the  city  hall 188 

HOURS  OF  LABOR 

for  laborers  and  mechanics,  nine  hours      .  189 


308  INDEX. 


PAGE 

HOUSES,  TENEMENT.     See  TENEMENT  HOUSES      ...  91 

HOUSE;  DIRT 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

HYDRANTS 

to  be  constructed  by  water  board       .        .       .       .       .  177 

to  be  repaired  by  water  board 177 

injury  to,  prohibited 179 

opening  of,  except  in  case  of  fire,  prohibited      .       .       .  179 

ICE 

not  to  be  thrown  into  street  without  being  broken  up  166 

sidewalks  encumbered,  to  be  made  safe       ....  169 

who  responsible  for  removal  of 169 

penalty 169 

sale  and  delivery  of,  regulations  for  sale  and  delivery  of  199 

dealers,  etc.,  to  register  sources  of  supply       .       .       .  199 

registration  to  be  subscribed  and  sworn  to       ...  199 

board  of  health  to  examine  ice 199 

samples  to  be  taken  for  analysis 199 

board  of  health  to  prohibit  sale,  if  impure       .       .       .  199 

notice  to  be  given  of  such  prohibition     ....  199 

penalty 199 

INSPECTION,  BUILDING 

superintendent,  or  inspectors,  to  examine  all  buildings 

being  constructed 52 

INSPECTION  AND  'SUPERVISION  OF  ELECTRIC  WIRE 
DEPARTMENT.  See  also  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

inspector  of  wires,  appointment  of 9 

INSPECTOR  OF  MILK  AND  VINEGAR  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer  .       .       .       .       .       .       .  5-140 

under  control  of  mayor     .               5 

appointment  of  inspector        .......  8 

salary  of 195 

ordinance  in  relation  to 140 

shall  be  sworn .  140 

term  of  office 140 

powers  and  duties  of  inspector 140 

shall  make  annual  report  and  inventory      .  140 

INSPECTORS 

of  buildings,  appointment 7 

junk,  etc 7 

milk  and  vinegar .  8 

provisions,  etc 9 

charcoal  measures 8 

of  wires  9 


INDEX.  309 

PAGE 


INSPECTOR  OF  JUNK  SHOPS,  ETC. 

appointment   of Y 

of  pawnbrokers,  etc 7 

INSPECTION  OP  PROVISIONS  AND  ANIMALS  IN- 
TENDED FOR  SLAUGHTER  OR  KEPT  FOR 
THE  PRODUCTION  OF  MILK 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-141 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of  inspector 9 

ordinance  in  relation  to 141 

qualification  of  inspector  .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  141 

shall  be  sworn 141 

term  of  office 141 

powers  and  duties .       .  141 

shall  make  annual  report 141 

INTERMENT  OF  THE  DEAD.     See  UNDERTAKERS. 
INTELLIGENCE  OFFICER 

regulations  concerning 251 

INTEREST 

due  on  'Cambridge  Water  Loans,  mayor  may  draw  draft 

for 178 

INVALID  TAX  DEEDS 

method  of  charging  cost 244 

IRON  FILINGS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc.     .       .       .               .       .       .  234 

JANITORS 

compensation 195 

of  public  buildings  other  than  school-houses   .      ...       .  195 
JOINT  CONVENTION.    See  CONVENTION. 
JUNK  AND  SECOND-HAND  ARTICLES 

appointment  of  inspectors  of  dealers  in      ....  7 

dealers  in,  etc.,  to  be  licensed       ......  219 

form  of  license .  219 

fee  of  license 219 

to  keep  records  of  purchases  made  by  them  .       .  220 

to  have  signs  on  their  shops,  with  their  names     .  220 

shops  of,  subject  to  inspection 220 

not  to  purchase  from  minors 220 

articles   purchased,   etc.,   not   to  be   sold  within 

one  week,  unless,  etc 220 

at  what  hours  shops  of,  to  be  kept  open     .       .  220 

collectors  of  junk  to  be  licensed       ....  220 

fee  for  collector's  license 219 

vehicle  used  in  collection  of,  to  be  inspected  .       .  220 

to  have  name  and  number  on  outside      .       .       .  220 

revocation  of  license 220 

penalty        ..........  221 


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PAGE 
KEEPER  OF  LOCK-UPS 

appointment   of 7 

LABORERS 

who  shall  b©  employed  as 189 

working  day  for,  what  constitutes 189 

LAMP  DEPARTMENT.     See  also  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPART- 
MENT. 

creation  of 5 

under   charge  of  what  officer 5 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of  superintendent 8 

shall  consult  Supt.  of  Streets  when  street  is  to  be  dug  up  160 

lamps  not  to  be  injured,  etc 227 

public  lamps  in  streets,  not  to  be  extinguished  without 

authority 228 

LANES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

LANGUAGE 

indecent,  etc.,  not  to  be  used  in  streets      ....  228 

LAW  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer  ,       .  "     .        .       .       .       .  5-142 

under  control  of  mayor     ........  5 

to  approve  form  of  bonds  of  city  clerk  and  assistant  city 

clerk 24 

ordinance  in  relation  to .       .  142 

qualifications  of  city  solicitor 142 

tenure  of  office 142 

duties  and  powers       .       . 142 

traveling  expenses  allowed     . 143 

to  approve  form  of  treasurer's  bond   .....  142 

vacancy 142 

shall  hold  no  other  office  under  city 142 

shall  draft  all  legal  instruments 142 

shall  prosecute  all  actions  for  city 142 

shall  defend  the  city,  etc .  142 

shall  represent  the  city  before  the  legislature   .       .       .  142 

shall  furnish  legal  opinions 142 

city   solicitor  to  prepare  petition   for   injuries   of  city 

employees 236 

city  solicitor  to  direct  investigation 236 

city  solicitor  to  make  report 236 

LIBRARY,  PUBLIC.     See  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


INDEX.  311 

PAGE 


LICENSES 

when  act  is  prohibited  by  ordinance  without  license  of 

certain  officer  or  board,  such  officer  or  board  to 

have  power  to  grant 4 

of  drain  layers 155 

no  private  drain  shall  enter  sewer  without  a  license       .  155 

to  put  plank  walks  on  sidewalks 167 

to  construct  coal-holes,  etc ,  in  sidewalks       .        .       .  167 

issuing  of,  subject  to  conditions 200 

not  to  be  valid  if  bond  is  not  given 200 

additional  sureties  to  be  given 200 

premises  to  be  restored  at  licensee's  cost     .       .       .  200 

sureties  to  be  examined  annually  by  auditor      .       .       .  200 

repeal  of  ordinances  inconsistent  with       ....  201 

dealing,  etc.,  in  junk,  etc.,  prohibited  without  ...  219 

to  exhibit  animals  in  street 226 

for  guides 240 

for  sale  of  coal 244 

for  sale  of  goods,  wajes  and  merchandise  in  the  public 

ways 245 

for  stands  for  hackney  carriages,  etc 257 

to  persons  to  use  and  drive  vehicles  for  conveyance  of 

persons  or  property  for  hire 256 

for  carrying  on  business  of  a  pawnbroker  ....  25S 

to  move  buildings  through  streets 165-253 

intelligence   offices,  regulations  concerning       .       .       .  251 

sales  by  minors,  regulations  concerning  ....  254 

billiard  and  other  amusements,  regulations  concerning  258 

pawnbrokers,  regulations  concerning 258 

concerning  small   loans 261 

junk,  old  metals,  second-hand  articles  and  rags       .       .  269 

to   manufacture,  etc.,   petroleum 222 

LIGHTS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

to  be  put  in  streets  when  unsafe     .       .       .       .       .       .  160 

penalty  for  extinguishing,  etc.,  such 164 

LINE.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

of  street  to  be  obtained  before  building      ....  29 

city  engineer  to  furnish   .       .       .       .       .       .       .       .  .29 

LIQUOR 

disposal  of  refuse 234 

LITTER 

disposal  of,  in  streets  and  commons 234 

LOANS 

LOANS,  VARIOUS 

treasurer  shall  negotiate  all 171 

LOCK-UPS,  KEEPER  OF 

appointment  of  7 


312  INDEX. 


PAGE 

LUMBER.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

MANURE 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 23-1 

MATERIALS 

schedules  of,  to  be  shown  to  parties  proposing  to  bid  .  190 

or  supplies,  proposals  for  furnishing 190 

MAYOR.    See  EXECUTIVE. 

MEASURERS,  PUBLIC 

appointment  of    .       .       . 

MEASURERS  OF  WOOD  AND  BARK 

appointment  of 

MECHANICS'  WORK 

surveyors  of 8 

MEASURERS  OF  GRAIN 

appointment  of 

MEASURERS  AND  SURVEYORS 

appointment  of    .        .        .        .  • '  . 

MEETINGS 

of  aldermen  and  common  council  to  be  attended  by  the 

city  clerk 24 

of  aldermen  and  common  council  to  be  attended  by  the 

city  messenger 26 

precinct,  warrants  for 209 

how  issued  and  served 209 

proceedings  at      .       ...       .       .       ......  210 

MESSENGER,  CITY.    See  CITY  MESSENGER  DEPARTMENT. 
METERS.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
MILITARY  AID.    See  STATE  AID. 

MILK,    INSPECTOR    OF.      See    INSPECTION    OF    MILK    AND 

VINEGAR  DEPARTMENT. 
appointment  of    .       .       v 

MINORS 

'dealers  in  junk  not  to  purchase  from  ......  220 

pawnbrokers  not  to  receive  articles  in  pawn  from,  ex- 
cept, etc. 260 

licenses,  regulations  concerning 254 

MONEY 

care  and  custody  of,  by  treasurer 171 

treasurer  shall  certify  payments  of,  to  mayor  .        .        .  173 

of  city  in  hands  of  city  officers 188 

officers  and  boards  receiving,  shall  keep  record  of  .        .  188 
all  persons  having  money  of  city  shall  pay  it  forthwith 

to  treasurer  188 


INDEX  313 

PACK 


MORTGAGES 

mayor  may  discharge 7 

mayor  may  assign 7 

MOVING  BUILDINGS.    See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 
MUNICIPAL  ELECTIONS.     See  ELECTIONS. 
MUNICIPAL  OFFICERS.     See  OFFICERS. 
MONTHLY  MEETINGS  OF  EXECUTIVE  BOARDS 

of  aldermen  and  common  council  to  be  attended  by  the 

city  clerk 24 

of   aldermen   and   common   council   to  be   attended  by 

city  messenger 26 

NAILS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

NAPHTHA.     See  PETROLEUM. 

NOTES.      See   AUDITING    DEPARTMENT.      TREASURY    DEPART- 
MENT. 
OFFAL 

disposal  of,  in  street^,  etc.     .        .       .       .       .       .  234 

OFFICE 

tenure  of,  under   previous  ordinances   not  affected   by 

these  ordinances 3-4 

OFFICE  HOURS 

at  the  city  hall .  188 

OFFICIAL  BONDS 

city  officials  required  to  give        .        .        .        .        .        .  247 

if  satisfactory  surety  cannot  be  obtained,  he  may  accept 

individuals  as  sureties 247 

new  bond  whenever  required  by  mayor      .       .       .  247 

premium  for  surety 247 

OFFICERS 

may  license  or  permit  anything  prohibited  from  being 

done  without  their  license  or  permission     .       .  4 

list  of,  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor       ....  7 

shall  keep  a  record  of  moneys  received       ....  188 

shall  pay  moneys  received  to  treasurer  daily        .       .  188 

certain  officers  shall  pay  weekly         .       .               .       .  188 

shall  make  returns  to  the  auditor 188 

shall  have  control  of  appropriations  of  their  departments  190 
not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated      ....  192 
shall  not  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  with- 
out approval  of  mayor,  except     190 

shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  by  the  provisions 

of  chapter  28 190 

shall  advertise  for  proposals 190 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisements  to  auditor      .       .       .  190 

shall  prepare  plans  to  be  shown  to  bidders         .       .       .  190 

bond    required    of 190 


314  INDEX. 


OFFICERS — Continued. 
See  CONTRACTS. 
cause   of   removals   of   subordinates   to   be   entered    on 

record 192 

what  records  to  be  kept,  and  open  to  public     .       .       .  192 

licenses  to  contain  certain  conditions        ....  193 

OFFICES 

certain  offices,  hours  for  business 188 

shall  be  closed  at  1  o'clock  Saturdays       .       .       .       .  1S1> 

annual  report  of  boards 244 

OIL.     See  PETROLEUM. 
OLD  METALS.     See  JUNK. 

ORDINANCES  AND  BY-LAWS. 

by-laws  shall  be  termed  ordinances 3 

enacting   style   of 3 

how  recorded  and  published     ..:....  3 
what  to  be  known  as  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  etc.  3 
what  previously  existed  continued  by  the  revised  ordi- 
nances           3 

what  repealed  by  the  revised  ordinance      ....  3 
repealed    or    suspended,    how    affected    by    the    revised 

ordinances 3 

what  shall  continue   in  force        ......  4 

inconsistent  with  new  charter  annulled      ....  4 

general  penalty  for  violation  of 5 

See  PENALTIES 

fines  and  forfeitures  for  violation  of,  shall  inure  to  the 

city      .               4 

style  of  book  to  record  ordinances 3 

record  book,  where  to  be  kept 3 

repeal  of  ordinance  shall  not  revive  pre-existing  ordi- 
nance            3 

nor  affect  penalties   incurred 4 

nor  interfere  with  pending  suit  or  prosecution     .        -  4 
when  anything  is  prohibited   by,   such  thing   may  be 

licensed                             .    • 4 

construction  of  various  words  and  terms  used  in  4 

creating  the  several  departments 5 

who  to  have  charge  and  management  of  departments  5 

OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-144 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to.  .       . 144 

shall  have  charge  of  the  City  Home 144 

shall  make  rules  for  the  government  of  the  same      .       .  144 


INDEX.  315 

PAGE 


OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

shall  keep  books,  vouchers,  etc 144 

term  of  office 144 

vacancies  in  board 144 

organization,  powers  and  duties  of  board  ....  141 

OXEN 

not  to  go  at  large  or  graze  on  streets         .       .       .       .  226 

PAPER 

disposal  of  waste,  in  streets,  etc 234 

PARKS  AND  PLAYGROUNDS 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-145 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 145 

appointment  of  commissioners 145 

term  of  office 145 

vacancy  in  board 145 

election  of  chairman 145 

rights  and  duties 145 

shall  appoint  superintendent  .       .    '   .       .       .       .      - .  146 

shall  make  annual  report 146 

may  sell  personal  property  connected  with  parks     .       .  146 

duties  of  chairman 146 

city  engineer  to  perform  work  within  province  of  civil 

engineer 147 

shall  have  general  care  of  commons,  etc.       .       .       .  147 

shall  have  care  of  trees .       .  147 

PARTITION    AND    PARTY    WALLS.      See    BUILDING    DE- 
PARTMENT. 

PAWNBROKERS 

appointment  of  inspectors  of 7 

regulations  concerning 258 

PAY  OF  CITY  LABORERS  INJURED  WHILE  ON  DUTY. 

See  CONTINUANCE,  ETC,       \  ^ 

PAY-ROLLS 

drafts  on  account  payment  of  employees      ....  17 
drafts  for  school-teachers'  salaries,  state,  military,  and 

soldiers'  relief 17 

when  payable 18 

of  employees,  when  made  up 174 

PEDDLING    IN    STREETS    REGULATED        ....  245 

PENALTIES 

incurred    under    previous    ordinances    not    affected    by 

these   ordinances 3 

for  violation  of  ordinances  generally 5 


3l6  INDEX. 

.     PAGE 

PENALTIES— Continued. 

for  violation  of  ordinances,  etc. — to  inure  to  use  of  city  4 

employers  liable  for  acts  of  employees       ....  4 
for  violation  of  an  ordinance  relating  to  City  Electrical 

Department 138 

for  cutting  into,  etc,,  a  common  sewer       .       ...       .  155 

for  entering  a  private  drain  into  a  common  sewer  .       .  155 

for  placing  filthy  substance,  etc.,  in  street  catch-basin  155 
for  violating  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  relating  to 

sewers 155 

for  cutting  into,  etc.,  a  common  sewer  ....  155 
for  entering  a  private  drain  into  a  common  sewer  .  155 
for  placing  filthy  substance,  etc.,  in  street  catch-basin  155 
for  not  affixing  legal  street  numbers  .....  160 
for  extinguishing,  etc.,  lights  put  up  in  streets  in  cer- 
tain cases 164 

for  not  removing  snow  from  sidewalks     ....  169 

for  not  removing,  etc.,  ice  from  sidewalks     .        .        .  169 

for  sale  and  delivery  of  impure  ice 199 

for  keeping  barking,  biting,  etc.,  dogs  in  the  city     .       .  215 
for  violating  provisions  of  ordinances  relating  to  Fresh 

Pond 232 

for  violation    of   ordinance    In    relation    to    ringing   of 

gongs,  etc f 233 

for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  disposal  of  rub- 
bish in  streets 234 

for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  children  under 

sixteen 235 

for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  sale  and  use  of 

blank  cartridges,  firecrackers,  fireworks,  etc.         .  243 
for  violation  of  the  ordinance  relative  to  sale  of  goods, 

wares  and  merchandise  in  the  public  ways  .       .  245 

PENSIONS  FOR  FIREMEN.    See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

PERPETUAL  CARE  OF  LOTS  IN  CEMETERY.     See  CEME- 
TERY DEPARTMENT. 

PERMITS 

issuing  of,  subject  to  conditions     ......  200 

not  to  be  valid  if  bond  is  not  given 200 

additional  sureties  to  be  given 200 

premises  to  be  restored  at  licensee's  cost    ....  200 

repeal  of  ordinances  inconsistent  with       ....  201 

for  sale  of  goods,  etc.,  in  street 245 

PETROLEUM 

proceedings  on  application  for  license  to  manufacture, 

store,   etc .       .       .  222 

licenses  to  be  granted  by  aldermen       .       .        .       .       .  222 


INDEX. 


317 


PETROLEUM— Continued. 

licenses  to  manufacture,  etc.,  to  contain  certain  state- 
ments .  

premises  of  licensee  to  be  open  to  inspection  . 

violation  of  terms  of  license  to  work  a  revocation 

license  not  to  be  granted  for  manufacturing,  storing 
etc.,  in  certain  places 

to  be  kept  in  metallic  vessels,  when      .       . 

license  how  revoked 

complaints  for  manufacturing,  etc.,  without  license, 
how  made 

PHYSICIAN,  CITY 

appointment  of    .......... 

shall  examine  city  employees  injured,  etc 

shall  give  certificates,  in  form  satisfactory  to  city  solici- 
tor   ' 

qualifications  of 

duties  of •...,'.. 

salary  of 

shall  not  expend  amount  exceeding  appropriation  . 
shall  keep  account  of  expenditures       .       .       . 

shall  employ  assistants     . 

shall  make  annual  report 

PIERS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

PLACARDS.     See  SIGNS. 

PLANK  WALKS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

PLANS 

belonging  to  the  city,  the  city  clerk  to  have  custody  of  . 

of  common  sewers,  how  made 

of  common  sewers,  to  be  kept  in  rooms  of  city  engineer 

PLATFORM 

of  entrance  to  cellar,  etc.,  regulations  in  regard  to  ., 

PLUMBING.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 
work  must  be  approved     .       .       .       .       .       . 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 

under  charge   of  what  officer 

under  control  of  mayor 

station  for  confinement  of  women  to  be  designated 

appointment  of 

without  pay,  appointment  of         ....... 

shall  aid  board  of  health  if  required 

ordinance  in  relation  to 

administration  of  police,  vested  in  mayor  .... 
to  give  notice  of  blockade,  etc.,  of  streets 


PAGI-: 


223 
223 
223 

222 

222 
223 

223 


9 
236 

236 
238 
238 

195-239 
239 
239 
239 
239 


24 
154 
156 

165 
118 


5-1-18 
5 
9 
9 
1 

48 
148 
148 
159 


3l8  INDEX, 

PAGE 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

to  report  waste,  etc.,  of  water 187 

members  of,  to  pay  to  treasurer  weekly  all  fees,  etc., 

received,  except,  etc., 188 

chief  of,  to  make  annual  returns  to  the  city  council  of 

all  fees,  etc.,  received  by  members  of  police  force    148-188 

salary 264 

reserve  police  officer,  estimating  years  of  service  of      .  264 

notice  to  be  sent  to  mayor  of  increase  of  pay  of  .       .  264 

POLICE  OFFICERS 

appointment  of 9 

tenure  of  office 148 

chief  to  have  care  and  custody  of  certain  property       .  148 

his  duties 148 

shall  keep  a  record  of  business  of  the  department  .  148 

shall  make  report  to  mayor 148 

shall  make  annual  report  to  city  council    ....  148 

shall  control  transportation  of  injured  persons,  etc.       .  148 

shall  report  waste  to  water  registrar  . "      .       .       .       .  187 

candidates  to  be  examined  by  city  physician      ...  238 

city  physician  shall  attend  prisoners  in  police  stations  238 

POLICE  MATRONS 

appointment  of 9 


POLL  TAXES.     See  TAXES. 

PORCHES  AND  PORTICOS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILD- 
INGS DEPARTMENT^  ALSO  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 
persons  not  to  loiter  on 226 

POST,  POLE,  OR  OTHER   STRUCTURE  IN   STREET 

condition  of  maintaining 170 

POUND  KEEPER 

appointment  of 7 

PRECINCTS.     See  WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS. 

PRESIDENT  OF  BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN 

shall  be  a  member  of  the  committee  on  finance  .  .  103 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  Bridge  Charitable  Fund     .  .  .  211 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  Sanders  Temperance  Fund  .  ,  212 

PRESIDENT  OF  COMMON  COUNCIL 

shall  be  member  of  the  committee  on  finance     .       .  .  193 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Bridge  Charitable  Fund      .  .  211 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Sanders  Temperance  Fund  .  212 

PRESIDENT  OF  WATER  BOARD 

to  be  elected  by  water  board 176 

duties   of  177 


INDEX.  319 

PAUE 


PRIVIES.     See  CESSPOOLS. 


PROCEEDINGS 

pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances  .... 

PROPOSALS 

for  materials  and  supplies 190 

for  contracts,  how  solicited,  received  and  opened  .       .  190 

See  CONTRACTS. 

PROSECUTIONS 
pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances       ....  3 

PROVISIONS,    INSPECTOR    OF.      See    INSPECTOR   OF    PRO- 
VISIONS, ETC. 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS,  SUPERINTENDENT  OF.  See  BUILD- 
ING DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  GROUNDS.     See   STREETS. 

construction    of   term 4 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of .  5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 149 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to 149 

board  of  trustees,  how  constituted 149 

organization  of  board J49 

appointment  of  board  of  trustees 149 

trustees  to  choose  librarian .  149 

duties  of  trustees .  149 

trustees  to  expend  moneys,  how 149 

to  establish  fees  for  use  of     .       .       .               .       .       .  149 

to  make  by-laws 149 

trustees  to  make  annual  report 149 

moneys  received  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury,  quarterly  149 

moneys  for  use  of,  when  to  be  paid  out  of  treasury       .  149 

PUBLIC  STATUTES.     See  STATUTES 271 

accepted  by  the  city,  list  of 271 

PUBLIC  MONEY.     See  MONEY,  AUDITING  DEPARTMENT,  OF- 
FICERS, TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  PLACES.     See   STREET  DEPARTMENT,   ALSO  PUBLIC 
GROUNDS. 

PUBLIC  SQUARES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  WORKS.     See  PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 

engineer  shall  have  charge  of  construction  of  ...  28 

PUBLIC  WEIGHERS.     See  CITY  SEALS  AND  WEIGHERS. 


320  INDEX. 

PA  CM 
RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES 

auditor's  annual  report  of  expenditures,  receipts,  etc.   .  !G 

treasurer's  statements  of 173 

monthly  statements  of 173 

RECORDS,   ETC. 

of  the  city,  city  clerk  to  have  custody  of     ....  24 

shall    be    kept    by    officers    and    boards    in    charge    of 

departments 192 

shall  be  open  to  public  inspection 192 

of  committees  not  to  be  so  open 192 

REGULATIONS  OF  BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN   ...     251 

REGULATIONS 

general,  for  streets,  commons  and  other  public  places   .  226 

REFUSE.     See  ASHES. 
REFUSE  LIQUOR 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 

REGISTRARS  OF  VOTERS & 

salary  of 195 

salary  of  clerk 195 

REPORTS.      See    under    VARIOUS    BOAEDS    AND    HEADS    OF 
DEPARTMENTS. 

shall. send  annual  estimates  to  mayor       ....  193 

shall  furnish  sureties  on  their  bonds 193 

shall  not  object  to  or  advocate  before  the  legislature  any 

act 192 

annually  to  be  made  by  officers  and  boards  in  charge  of 

departments       .        .        . 24-1 

See  DEPARTMENTS. 
RESERVOIRS 

to  be  in  charge  of  superintendent  of  water  works     .        .  17S 

REMOVAL  OF   BUILDINGS.      See    BUILDING   DEPARTMENT, 
STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

reports — annual  of  officers  and  boards  in  charge  of  de- 
partments    -     .        .        .  244 

REVISED  ORDINANCES  OF  1892 

what  ordinances  to  be  known  as     .       .       .       .       .       .  3 

what  repealed  by 

construed     as     continuations     of     previously     existing 

ordinances,  when 3 

not  to  affect  any  act  done,  right  accrued,  penalty   in- 
curred, etc 3 

not  to  affect  the  tenure  of  any  person's  holding  office,  etc.  3 

repeal  by,  not  to  affect  any  ordinance  adopted,  accepting 

the  provisions  of  any  statute      .....  4 

repeal  of  any  ordinance  by,  not  to  revive  any  ordinance 

repealed  or  suspended 4 

general  penalty  for  violation  of 5 


INDEX. 

PA3E, 

RESERVOIRS 

to  be  in  charge  of  superintendent  of  water  works  .  178 

for  water  supply,  general  regulations  as  to              .       .  23  L 

injury  to  public,  prohibited 231 

RIGHTS 

accrued,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances          ...  3 

ROADS  AND  BRIDGES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

RUBBISH 

not  to  be  placed  in  streets,  unless,  etc 166 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

SALARIES.     See  DUTIES  AND  SALARIES. 

SALE  AND  USE  OF  BLANK  CARTRIDGES,  FIRECRACK- 
ERS, FIREWORKS,  ETC. 

sale  of,  unlawful ^  243 

distance  from  building  in  use  of  fireworks       .       .       .  243 

penalty  for  violation 243 

SALE  OF  GOODS,  WARES  AND  MERCHANDISE  IN  THE 

PUBLIC  WAYS 

permit  from  superintendent  of  streets  to  obstruct  side- 
walk   245 

fee  for  permit 245 

application  for  permit  to  peddle  from  city  clerk   .       .  245 

permit  presented  to  the  board  of  aldermen       .       .       .  245 

fee  for  permit 245 

crying  wares 245 

peddlers  shall  not  carry  goods  to  injure  health  or  com- 
fort of  public 245 

receptacles  of  peddlers  must  be  clean         ....  245 

name  and  license  number  must  be  printed  on  vehicle    .  245 

weights  and  measures  must  be  sealed          ,  246 

conditions  and  terms  must  be  stated  in  permit       .       .  246 

penalty  for  violating  this  ordinance      ..*...  246 

SALT 

not  to  be  used  by  street  railway  corporations  to  remove 

snow  from  rails,  etc 166 

SANDERS   TEMPERANCE   FUND 

what  is .  212 

trustees  of  fund '    .  212 

duties  of  trustees 212 

%to  appoint  agent         . 212 

chairman  of 212 

to  keep  record  of 212 

to  make  annual  report .  212 

SAWDUST 

disposal  of,  in  streets       .        .        .        ...        .        .  234 

SCALES.     See  CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS. 

to  be  under  control  of  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  151 

for  weighing  hay,  etc.,  to  be  established,  etc.  203 


INDEX. 

PAGE 

SCHOOL  COMMITTEE 

bills  approved  by,  how  certified 17 

SEAL  OF  THE  CITY.     See  CITY  SEAL. 

SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of     ...     - 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-151 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to  .                      151 

appointment  of i51 

duties 151 

annual  report  and  inventory 151 

removal 151 

to  have  control  of  public  scales 151 

weights  and  measures  used  by  peddlers  must  be  sealed  246 

SECOND-HAND  ARTICLES.     JUNK. 

SEWER  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-152 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance   in   relation   to .  152 

what  to  be  deemed  common  sewers 152 

common  sewers  to  be  laid  only  by  city       ....  152 

water  pipes,  etc.,  to  be  laid  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  152 

if  Interfering,  to  be  removed,  etc 152 

city   engineer  and   superintendent   of   water   works   to 

consult 152 

city  engineer  to  make  plans  of 153 

to  have  care  of  catch  basins,  etc 153 

to  keep  account  of  cost  of 153 

to  make  "annual  report  of  work  done  on       .       .  153 

what  part  of  cost  of,  to  be  assessed 153 

plans  of  estate  to  be  assessed,  to  be  prepared      .       .       .  153 

assessments,  how  determined 153 

standard  rate  of  assessment 153 

amounts  assessed  to  be  entered  on  plans         .        .        .  153 

drain-layers  to  be  licensed 154 

drains  entering,  to  be  constructed  by  persons  licensed 

therefor 154 

drains  entering,  how  laid  and  built 154 

bond  of  drain-layers 154 

private  drain,  not  to  enter  without  a  permit      .       .       .  155 

permits  to  be  granted  by  city  engineer       ....  155 
private  drain  from  estate  not  already  assessed  not  to 

enter  without  consent  of  aldermen     ....  155 

plugs,  etc.,  when  required  in  drains 155 

reconstruction  of  drains  already  built,  when  to  be  made    •      155 


LNDEX.  323 

PACK 


SEWER  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

exhausts  from  steam  engines,  etc.,  not  to  be  connected 

with  common  sewer  or  private  drain       .       .       .  155 

penalty  for  cutting  into,  etc 155 

for  entering  a  private  drain  into       ....  155 
for   placing,    etc.,   any   substance,   etc.,    in    catch 

basins 155 

for  violation  of  provisions  of  ordinance  relating  to  155 

plans  of,  to  be  kept  in  rooms  of  city  engineer       .       .  156 

such  rooms  to  be  a  part  of  the  office  of  city  clerk      .       .  156 

drains  when  opened  to  be  fenced  and  lighted     .       .       .  165 

treasurer  to  collect  assessments 172 

SEWERS,  SUPERINTENENT  OP.  See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

superintendent  of,  how  appointed 152 

tenure  of  office 153 

compensation 153 

vacancy 153 

SHAVINGS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

SHELLS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

SHOWBOARDS.    See  SIGNS. 

SHUTOFFS 

in  gas  supply  pipes 216 

SIDEWALKS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT,  page  328. 

shall  be  maintained  at  expense  of  city 166 

SIGNS 

street,  to  be  maintained  by  city 159 

dealers  in  junk,  etc.,  to  have  certain,  on  their  shops,  etc.  220 

not  to  be  placed  on  trees  on  commons,  etc.       .       .       .  229 

not  to  be  placed  or  carried  on  sidewalk  without,  etc.     .  228 

not  to  be  inserted  in  sidewalk  without  a  permit      .       .  167 

SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of     ...........  5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-157 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of 9 

ordinance  in  relation  to    .       .       .       .       .       .       .       .  157 

commissioners,  how  appointed 9-157 

no  member  of  city  council  to  be 157 

duties  of  commissioners 157 

loans 157 

appropriations  for  sinking  fund     .       .       .               .       .  157 

treasurer  may  be  elected  treasurer  of 171 

salary  of  treasurer  of  fund     .       .       .       .       .       .        .    187-194 

SKATING.     See  FRESH  POND. 

SLINGS 

rubber,  possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden       .       .       .  228 


324  INDEX. 

PAGE 

SMALL  LOANS 

regulations  concerning 201 

SNOW.     See  STREETS. 

removal  of,  by  street  railway  corporations       .       .       .  165 
salt,  etc.,  not  to  be  used  on  street  railway  tracks  to 

remove 168 

not  to  be  thrown  into  street  without  being  broken  up  166 

removal  of,  from  sidewalks,  and  penalty      ....  169 

who  responsible  for  removal  of  .       .       .       .       .  169 

penalty  169 

city  scales  to  be  kept  clear  of 204 

SNOW  GUARDS.    See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 

SNOW  BALLS 

not  to  be  thrown  in  the  streets 227 

SOLDIERS.    Also  STATE  AID. 

persons  to  cause  to  be  interred  bodies  of  indigent  .       .  0 

soldiers'  aid  clerk,  salary  of 264 

SOLICITOR,  CITY.     See  LAW  DEPARTMENT.  . 
,  SOOT.     See  LITTER. 

SPECIAL  MEETINGS.    See  MEETINGS. 

SPECIFICATIONS 

for  any  work  to  be  done,  to  be  prepared  and  shown  to 

bidders 190 

SQUARES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

STANDS,  FOR  VEHICHES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

STATIONERY 

to  be  furnished  by  the  city  messenger       ....  ?6 

STATUTES 

list  of  -public  statutes  accepted  by  the  city       .       .       .  271 

STATE  AID 

how  certified  and  paid      .       .       ...       .       .       .  17 

compensation  of  clerk 264 

STEAM   BOILERS.     See   CONSTRUCTION   OF   BUILDINGS   DE- 
PARTMENT. 
blow-off  from,  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or  drains        153 

STEAM   ENGINES.      See   CONSTRUCTION   OF   BUILDINGS    DE- 

i 

PARTMENT. 

exhausts  from,  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or  drains          155 
STEAM  HEATING  APPARATUS.        See   CONSTRUCTION  OF 

BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 
STEEL.  FILINGS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

STEPS 

provisions  as  to,  when  projecting  into  streets       .       .  165 

persons   not  to   loiter   on 226 


INDEX.  325 

PAfiE 


STONES 

not  to  be  thrown  in  streets 227 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

STREET  DEPARTMENT.    See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-159 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

ordinance  in  relation  to •       .  159 

STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

streets,  construction  of  the  word       .....  4 

engineer    shall    supervise    repairs    on    certain    bridges  29 

engineer     shall     annually     examine     certain     bridges  •  29 

not  to  be  dug  up,  etc.,  without  license       ....  137 
restoration  of,  after  they  have  been  dug  up  under  a 

license        .              137 

streets   not  to   be  torn   up,   etc.,  for   laying  telegraph 

wires,  etc.,  without  license 137 

when  repaired,  removal,  etc.,  of  conduits  to  be  at  ex- 
pense   of    owners,    etc. 137 

not  to  be  torn  up  after  notice  by   superintendent  of 

streets,   except,   etc 160 

to  be  known  by  names  heretofore  given  them         .        .  160 

names  of  to  be  given  and  changed  by  the  city  council  160 

board  of  aldermen  may  number  buildings  on  .       .       .  160 

penalty  for  not  fixing  legal  numbers  on  buildings  on  160 

not  to  be  opened  for  six  months  after  previous  openings  160 

excavations,  obstructions  and  projections,  in  .       .       .  161 

not  to  be  dug  up,  etc.,  without  license     ....  16r 

superintendent  may  grant  license      .       ...        .  161 

bond  to  be  given 163 

if  dug  up,  obstructed,  etc.,  fence  and  lights  to  be  put  up  161 

foot-path  to  be  maintained 161 

restoration  of,  after  they  have  been  dug  up,  under  a 

license 162 

.   openings  in,  manner  of  repair 162 

notice  of  opening  or  obstruction  of,  to  be  given  to  su- 
perintendent of   streets 161 

requiring,  repairing   and  resurfacing  within  one   year 

from  time  of  excavation 162 

department    or    corporation    responsible    for    damages 

within    one    year   from    opening   or   obstruction  163 

violation  of  condition  of  license 164 

defects  in  public  ways 164 

licenses  to  persons  requiring  water  pipes  ....  164 

licenses  for  raising  and  lowering  goods,  etc.     .       .       .  164 

penalty   for   extinguishing,    etc.,   certain   lights      .       .  164 

gates,  etc.,  not  to  swing  over  sidewalk     ....  164 
doorsteps,  porticos,  porches,  entrances  or  passage-ways 

to  cellars,  etc.,  regulations  in  regard  to     .       .  165 


326  INDEX. 

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STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC.— Continued. 

if  cavity  dug  near,  fence  to  be  put  up     ....  165 

use  of  streets 165 

building — not   to    be   moved    through,    without   license  165 
license  to  move  buildings  through,  to  be  granted  only 

after   public  notice 165 

licensee  to  give  bond      .        . 165 

chimneys    of    such    buildings    to    be    taken    down  165 

rubbish,   etc.,  not  to   be  placed  in 166 

dead  trees,  etc.,  not  to  be  deposited  in  except     .       .  166 
rubbish,  shrubs,  etc.,  to  be  removed  by  superintendent 

during    certain   months 166 

fuel  not  to  remain  unnecessarily  in,  if  it  remains  after 

dark  to  be  lighted        .              166 

snow  and  ice  not  to  be  thrown  into  street  contrary  to 

.     orders  of  superintendent 166 

snow,  removal  of,  by  street  railway  companies,  regu- 
lated      165 

salt,  etc.,  not  to  be  used  on  tracks,  etc.,  of  street  rail- 
ways              166 

records  of  streets  to  be  kept  by  city  clerk       .        .       .  167 

ashes  and  other  house  dirt,  how  removed       .       .       .  168 

such  not  to  obstruct  use  of  sidewalk 168 

when  city  may  remove  from  yard 168 

regulations  as  to  canopies,  awnings,  etc 169 

treasurer  to   collect   sidewalk   assessments      .       .       .  173 
animals,  fowls,  etc.,  not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large, 

etc.,  in 226 

animals  not  to  be  exhibited  in,  without  license   .       .  226 

fast  driving  in,  prohibited 226 

carriages  not  to  stop  on  nagging  stones     ....  226 

frightening  horses  in,  forbidden 227 

carriages  and  horses  not  to  be  cleaned  in      ...  227 

gaming  and  exposing  gaming  devices  in,  forbidden         .  227 

tables,  stalls,  etc.,  for  sale  of  merchandise  in,  forbidden  227 

fire-arms,  discharge  of  in,  forbidden 227 

bonfires  in,  prohibited      ........  227 

injuring     guide-boards,     lamp-posts,     trees,     etc.,     in, 

prohibited 227 

defacing  property  forbidden 

playing  ball  in,  prohibited 227 

throwing    missiles    in,    prohibited        .       .       .        .       .  227 

shooting  with  bows  and  arrows  in,  forbidden  .       .       .  227 

coasting  without  permission  forbidden      ....  227 

bathing  in  view,  forbidden 228 

carpets  not  to  be  shaken,  or  cleaned  in     .       .       .       .  228 
possession  of  clubs,  etc.,  in,  forbidden     .... 

possession  of  toy  pistols,  rubber  slings,  etc.,  prohibited  228 
rude  or  disorderly  conduct  and  indecent  language  in, 

forbidden  228 


INDEX.  327 

PAGE 


STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC.— Continued. 

dirt,   etc.,   not  to  be  placed   in  drinking  troughs,   etc.  228 

riding  a  bicycle,  etc.,  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding       .  227 

use    of    velocipedes    restricted 227 

lamps   in,   not   to   be  lighted   or  extinguished   without 

authority  228 

trees,  climbing,  tying  horses  to,  etc.,  prohibited     .       .  229 

posting  bills  on,  forbidden 227 

ash  barrels,  etc.,  tipping  over,  forbidden  ....  229 

persons  shall  not  deface  public  bridge  or  wharf         .  229 

or  unnecessarily  open  or  obstruct  the  draw     .        .        .  229 

shall  not  fasten  vessels,  etc.,  to  bridge     ....  229 
in  passing  through  draw  to  comply  with  directions  of 

drawtenders      .        . 229 

horses  forbidden  on  commons,  or  public  grounds   .        .  230 

earth  not  to  be  removed  from  commons,  etc.     .    '    .       .  230 

filth,  dirt,  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  on  commons,  etc.     .       .  230 
wheelbarrows,     bicycles,     etc.,     forbidden     on     public 

ground 230 

carpets  not  to  be  cleaned  on 230 

refuse,  etc.,  not  to  be  disturbed  by  other  than  an  em- 
ployee           230 

athletic   sports   not   permitted   on       .....*  230 

public   speaking  on,  forbidden 230 

sale  of  goods  on,  forbidden 231 

erection  of  booths,  etc.,  on,  forbidden         ....  231 

injury  to  seats,  fences,  etc.,  on,  forbidden     .       .       .  231 

defacing  of  monuments  or  statues  on,  forbidden     .       .  231 

interference    with   hydrants    forbidden      ....  231 

disturbance  of  flower-beds  forbidden 231 

dogs  and  other  animals  not  permitted  on      ...  231 

throwing  of  stones,  etc.,  forbidden 231 

disposal  of  litter  and  rubbish  in 234 

children  under  sixteen  not  to  loiter  on  except     .  235 

use  of  streets  by  vehicles 256 

sale  of  goods,  etc.,  in  .       .       .  •      .       .       .       .  245 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS.  See  STREETS,  COMMONS, 
ETC. 

appointment  of 

term  of  office      .  159 

powers  and  duties i.       .       .  159 

to  keep  streets,  etc.,  in  good  repair 159 

if  opened,  superintendent  to  prevent  unnecessary  ob- 
struction, and  see  to  repair 159 

to  put  up  street  signs 160 

to  hire  and  control  persons  in  his  department     .       .  159 

to  have   custody  of  all  property  connected   therewith  159 

to  make  contracts  for  labor  and  materials     .       .       .  159 

annual   report 159 


328  INDEX. 


PAGE 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS — Continued. 

when  street  is  unsafe,  etc.,  to  put  up  fence  and  lights  160 
sewer  lamp  and  water  departments,  etc.,  to  be  notified 
by,  when  he  is  about  to  construct  or  break  up 

surface   of   street 160 

removal  of  snow  from  streets  by  street  railway  to  be 

under  direction   of 165 

to  keep  entrances  to  catch-basins  open,  etc.     .       .       .    153-159 

shall  keep  a  record  of  notices  of  defects     ....  164 

to  issue  permits  for  sale  of  goods,  etc 245 

SURVEY  DEPARTMENT 

repeal  of  Legislative  Act,  relative  to 247 

SIDEWALKS.     See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

shall  be  maintained  at  expense  of  city     ....  166 

when  owner  to   make   repairs 166 

record  of,  to  be  kept  by  city  clerk 167 

plank  walks  not  to  be  laid  without  license     .       .        .  167 
to    be    constructed    in    accordance    with    plan    of    city 

engineer 167 

to  be  removed  on  order  of  board  of  aldermen     .       .  167 
shall.be  taken  up  by  owners  on  order  of  superintend- 
ent   of    streets 167 

Coal  holes  not  to  be  constructed  without  license     .       .  167 

size  and  use  of  coal  holes 167 

covers   to   have   legs,   etc 167 

signs  not  to  be  placed  in  sidewalk       .        .        .        .  167 

conductor  not  to  direct   water   across      ....  168 

snow  and  ice  to  be  removed  by  tenant         .       .       .  169 

penalty 169 

owner  to  remove  snow  and  ice  if  no  tenant     .        .        .  169 

penalty 169 

temporary,   to  be  maintained  when  building     .    .       .  169 

awnings,  etc.,  not  to  be  erected  without  permission     .  169 
conditions   relative   to   maintaining   coal   holes,   posts, 

poles,  conduits  in  street 170 

owner  shall  indemnify  city  against  damages     .       .       .  170 
persons  not  to   loiter  more   than  twenty  minutes   on 

sidewalk 226 

nor  more  than  five  minutes  after  being  requested  to 

move 226 

no  person  shall  place  or  carry  a  sign  on  a  sidewalk 

without    authority 228 

vehicles  on  sidewalks  prohibited 229 

obstructions  on  sidewalks  prohibited 229 

banana  skin,  orange  peel,  etc.,  not  to  be  thrown  on  side- 
walk   229 

permit  from  superintendent  of  streets  to  obstruct  side- 
walk  for   sale   of  goods,   wares,   etc.      .        .        .  245 


INDEX.  329 

PAG  1C 


STREET   RAILWAYS 

snow  not  to  be  removed  from  tracks  except     .       .       .  165 

salt,  etc.,  not  to  be  put  on  tracks 166 

regulations  concerning 251 

SUBORDINATES 

may  be  summoned  by  mayor,  for  advice,  etc.  ...  6 

SUITS 

pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances      ...  3 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  BUILDINGS.    See  BUILD- 
ING DEPARTMENT. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SEWERS.  See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

appointment «•.  152 

to  be  subordinate  of  city  engineer 153 

term  of  office 153 

compensation,  how  fixed 153 

SUPERINTENDENT  'OF  WATER  WORKS.        See  WATER 
WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

SURVEYOR  OF  HIGHWAYS.     See  EXECUTIVE. 

power  not  limited  by  certain  ordinances  ....  170 

SURVEYORS  OF  MECHANICS'  WORK 

appointment   of S 

SURVEYORS,  PUBLIC 

appointment  of S 

SWEEPINGS 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

SWIMMING 

so   as    to   be   exposed    to   view    of   persons    in   streets, 

forbidden    ..." 228 

SWINE 

not  to  go  at  large  in  streets 226 

TAXES.       See     ASSESSORS'     DEPARTMENT     AND     TREASURY 

DEPARTMENT. 

list  of,  when  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  collector     .  13 

record  of  abatement  of 13 

list  of  assessments,  when  to  be  placed  in  treasurer's 

hands 13 

record  of  abatements  of,  to  be  made 13 

treasurer  to  be  collector  of  taxes 171 

deputy  collector  of  taxes 174 

disposal  of  fees  for  collection  of 174 

on  polls,  how  collected 175 

summons  to  delinquents 175 

treasurer  to  give  notice  on  tax  bills 175 

interest  on,  when  unpaid  October  10th       ....  175 

invalid  tax  deeds  244 


330  INDEX. 

PAGE 
TAX  TITLES 

mayor  may  release,  when 7 


TAXES,   ABATEMENT   OF 

certificate  of 13 

invalid  tax  deeds,  charge  cost  of  calling  to  appropria- 
tion for  "abatements" 244 

TELEPHONE  *  COMPANIES.       See    CITY    ELECTRICAL    DE- 
PARTMENT. 

TERMS 

used   in   ordinances 4 

TIN  CANS.     See  LITTER. 

TOY  PISTOL 

possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden 22S 

TREES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

on  commons,  etc.,  not  to  be  climbed,  nor  horses  tied  to, 

nor  bills  posted  on,  etc 229 

on  land  appurtenant  to  Fresh  Pond  not  to  be  climbed, 

nor  horses  tied  to 232 

in  streets  not  to  be  climbed,  nor  horses  tied  to,  nor  bills 

posted  on,  etc. 226 

TROUGHS 

for  drinking,  not  to  be  contaminated        ....  228 

TRUANTS 

provision   relative  to 213 

Middlesex  County  Truant  School  provided  for  confine- 
ment of  213 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of • 5 

under  charge  of  what  officer 5-171 

under  control  of  mayor   ........  5 

tenure  of  office '  .       .       .  171 

assessors,  to  address  certificates  of  abatements  to  .       .  13 
shall  receive  daily  amount  of  fees,  etc.,  received  by  city 

officers 24 

to  receive  money  for  perpetual  care  of  lots  in  cemetery  22 

to  collect  bills  delivered  him  by  board  of  health      .       .  48 

proceedings  before  money  is  paid  out  of  treasury  .       .  150 
fees  from  public  library  to  be  paid  quarterly  into  the 

treasury 149 

his  general  duties 171 

to  make  monthly  report  to  auditor 173 

to  make  annual  report  to  city  council       ....    173-188 

vacancy .  171 

powers  as  collector  of  taxes 171 

shall  negotiate  all  loans 171 

treasurer  to  be  collector  of  rents,  water  rates,  etc.  .        .  172 


INDEX.  331 

PAGE 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

to  give  notice  that  bills  for  water  rates  are  due      .       .  172 

to  collect  bills  due  for  water,  etc 172 

to  make  daily  reports  of  receipts  on  account  of  water 

works  to  water  registrar 172 

to  keep  accounts  of  receipts  and  payments       .       .       .  173 

accounts  of,  to  conform  with  auditor's       ....  173 

to  keep  a  separate  account  for  each  department      .       .  173 

to  pay  out  money  only  on  mayor's  order,  except,  etc.      .  173 

to  collect  assessments  for  sewers  and  sidewalks      .       .  173 

bond  of  treasurer 172 

heads   of   departments   to   furnish   weekly    payrolls   of 

employees  to 174 

fees,  charges,  etc.,  to  be  property  of  city      .       .    .   .       .  174 

to  make  monthly  statement  of  fees,  etc.,  to  auditor       .  173 
necessary    expense   of   deputy   collectors,   etc.,    may   be 

allowed 174 

to  make  up  his  accounts  to  include  November  30  .       .  173 

to  sign  bonds,  etc.,  for  payment  of  money  ....  171 

collection  of  poll-taxes  by 175 

demand  of  payment  of  other  taxes  by  175 

to  issue  summons  to  delinquents,  when      ....  175 

to  give  notice  on  tax  bills 175 

to  receive  money  for  perpetual  care  of  lots  in  cemetery  172 
shall  notify   superintendent  of  cemetery   of  such   pay- 
ments   172 

to  pay  interest  on  such  moneys  to  cemetery  commission- 
ers   22-172 

shall  invest  cemetery  fund 172 

to  certify  to  mayor  the  payment  of  mortgages       .       .  7-173 
to  make  annual  statement  to  the  city  council  of  all  fees, 

etc.,  received  by  him 173-188 

shall  use  money  and  property  of  city,  as  directed  by  city 

council 172 

financial  year  to  begin  December  1     .....  171 

treasurer  may  be  elected  treasurer  of  sinking  funds   .  171 

shall  pay  all  drafts,  checks,  and  orders       .        .        .        .  171 

shall  pay  all  executions  against  the  city      ....  171 

shall  pay  all  bonds  and  interest      ......  171 

shall  cancel  all  bonds,  etc.,  and  transmit  to  the  auditor  171 

shall  receive  money  for  dog  licenses        .               .       .  172 
shall  credit  the  same  to  the  appropriation  for  the  public 

library 172 

his  election  void  if  bond  not  given 172 

new  election  to  be  had  forthwith  if  bond  not  given  .       .  172 
he  shall  notify  mayor  of  death  or  insolvency  of  sureties 

on  bond 172 

shall  give  a  strengthening  bond 172 

failure  to  give  bond,  consequence 172 

shall  make  weekly  payments  to  employees       .       .       .  174 


INDEX. 

PAGE 
TREASURY  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

may  send  clerk  or  pay-master  to  pay  employees     .       .  174 

may  transport  pay-master  to  place  of  payment       .  174 

shall  render  monthly  statements  to  mayor     .        .        .  175 

clerks  in  office,  how  appointed 1S9 

salary  and  removal  of  such  clerks 1S9 

office  hours  of  treasurer 189 

certain    officers    and    boards    to    pay    into,    weekly,    all 

money  received 188 

committee  on  finance  to  examine  and  audit  accounts  of  193 
treasurer   shall   change  cost  of  calling  in   invalid   tax 

deeds  to  the  appropriation  for1  "abatements"  244 

of  city  officers 194 

to  be  in  full  for  all  official  services 195 

of  janitors __ 195 

established  by  aldermen,  what 2G4 

teachers  of  public  schools,  how  to  be  paid  ....  17 

UNDERTAKERS 

appointment  of 8-224 

term  of  office .'....  224 

no  person,  except,  to  bury  bodies  of  deceased  persons 

all  deaths  to  be  reported  to 224 

duties  and  powers 224 

may  employ  porters 224 

removal    of    undertakers    and    porters    by    mayor    and 

aldermen 224 

opening  of  graves 224 

fees 224 

fees  to  be  printed  upon  licenses 225 

VACANCIES 

certain,  may  be  filled  by  mayor 6 

VAULTS.     See  CESSPOOLS. 

VEGETABLES 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc 234 

VEHICLES.     See  CARRIAGES. 

conveying  gunpowder,  regulations  as  to      .       .        .       .  217 

used  in  collecting  junk      .       .    - 220 

not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalk 229 

riding  or  propelling  upon  Fresh  Pond       .... 

regulations  concerning  use  of  streets  by      ....  256 

VELOCIPEDES 

use  on  sidewalks  restricted      . 

VINEGAR.     See  INSPECTION  OF  MILK  AND  VINEQAB  DEPART- 
MENT. 

WALLS.     See  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT. 


INDEX. 

PAUE 
WARDS 

number  and  boundaries  of 205 

number  of  members  of  common  council  in  the  several  .  208 

warrants  for  calling  meetings  of  citizens  of   .       .       .  209 

WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS 

ordinance  concerning 209 

to  be  issued  by  aldermen       ...'....  209 

form,  service  and  return  of 209 

for  general  meeting  of  qualified  voters       ....  209 

WATER  BOARD.    See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  LOAN.    See  SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  RATES.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  REGISTRAR.    See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

WATER   WORKS,    SUPERINTENDENT    OF.      See   WATER 
WORKS  DEPARTMENT.  . . 

WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 5 

under  charge  of  what  officers 5-176 

under  control  of  mayor 5 

appointment  of 9-176 

ordinance  in  relation  to 176 

how  constituted 176 

term  of  office 176 

member  of  city  council  not  to  be  member  of      ...  176 

vacancies 176 

president  of,  how  elected 176 

duties  of  president            177 

may  choose  a  clerk 176 

powers  of  board 176 

may  appoint  a  superintendent,  water  registrar,  etc.     .  178 

annual  report  of  water  board 177 

may  sell  personal  property  of  the  water  department     .  177 

shall  elect  superintendent  of  water  works     .       .       .  178 

duties   of   superintendent 178 

members  of,  not  to  be  interested  in  contracts,  etc.     .  177 

to  determine  water  rates 178 

may  make  regulations  as  to   introduction  and   use  of 

water 178 

may  ascertain  by  K?eter  the  quantity  of  water  used       .  186 
may  fix  rates  for  water  used  for  purposes  not  specified 

in  tariff  fixed  by  ordinance 186 

may  prevent  erection  of  yard  hydrants   .  187 
may  prevent  supply  to  water  closets  not  conforming  to 

plumbing  ordinance       ;       .  187 


334  INDEX. 

PAGE 

WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

superintendent  to  keep  record 179 

to  make  annual  report  to  water  board  in  full       .  179 

shall  cut  off  water  for  violation  of  regulations   .  181 
to   grant   permits    for   alteration,    etc.,   of   water 

pipes  in  houses,  etc .  180 

may  enter  premises  of  water  takers       .       .       .  181 

to  make  out  bills  fo^  water,  etc 182* 

to  deliver  same  to  treasurer 182 

bills  to  be  numbered 182 

registrar  to  furnish  certificates  of  abatements  and  re- 
funds   183 

to   make   monthly   report   of   bills   and   abatements   to 

auditor 183 

abatements  for  error  made  in  rates  charged      .       .       .  183 

election   of   registrar 178 

his  terms  of  office 178 

duties 178 

annual  visit  under   direction   of  superintendent  to  all 

premises  where  water  is  taken 178 

when  water  rates  are  not  paid,  etc.,  to  cut  off  supply  .  179 

may  make  abatements  in  water  rates       ....  179 

shall  certify  refunds  to  treasurer 183 

water  rates,  when  payable 179 

to  be  collected  by  treasurer 172 

treasurer  to  notify  all  persons  of      ....  172 
discounts  and  abatements  to  be  reported  monthly 

to  auditor 173 

penalty  for  non-payment  of 179 

for  water  supplied  through  meter      ....  179 

may  be  abated  by  superintendent      ....  179 

to  be  charged  to  owner  of  the  property  .       .       .  186 

for  dwelling  houses 183 

for  apartment  houses  or  family  hotels   ...  184 

for   stores,   etc .       .       .  184 

for  lodging  and  boarding  houses       ....  184 

'    for  private  stables 185 

for  livery  and  team  stables 185 

for  hose 185 

for  public  garage 186 

for  private  garage 185 

for  water  used  through  meter 186 

for  water  supplied  for  other  purposes,  how  fixed  .  186 

to  be  collected  by  treasurer 186 

water  used  by  city  to  be  free  of  charge  .       .       .  187 

receipts  for,  to  be  paid  into  treasury     .        .        .  178 

money  not  to  be  paid  out,  except      .       .       .       .  178 

water  loan 

salary  of  treasurer  of  sinking  fund  ....  187 


ixni-x.  335 

PAGE 


WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT— Continued, 
water 

for   fountains    .       .       . 181 

interfering  with  pipes,  reservoirs,  etc.,  forbidden  179 

regulations  relative  to  the  use  of   .       .       .       .  180 

to  be  printed  on  bill  for  water  rates  .       .  180 

persons  taking,  to  keep  service  pipes  in  repair     .  180 

not  to  be  wasted 180 

pipes,  etc.,  inserted  by  city  not  to  be  altered,  etc.  180 
not  to  be  supplied  to  parties  not  entitled  to  its  use,  ex- 
cept by  special  permission       ....  181 

abatement  for  non-use  of 181 

seal-locks  in  faucets 181 

penalty  for  waste  of  water,  etc 182 

for  not  keeping  service  pipes,  etc.,  in  good 

order 182 

to   consult   with   superintendent   of  streets,   etc., 

when  street  is  to  be  opened      ....  160 

injuries  to  pipes,  reservoirs,  etc 179 

police  to   report   waste 187 

to  consult  with  city  engineer  in  regard  to  loca- 
tion of  water  pipes 152 

opening  of  water  pipe,  fire  hydrant,  etc.,  prohib- 
ited, except 179 

WAYS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

WEIGHERS,  PUBLIC 

appointment   of 203 

to  be  sworn          203 

duties  of .       .  203 

certificate  to  be  given  by 203 

accounts  to  be  kept  by 203 

fees   of 203 

to  keep  scales  clear  of  snow,  etc.  .       .       .       .       .       .  204 

compensation 204 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES.     See  SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS  AND 
MEASURES  DEPARTMENT. 

WHEEL-BARROWS.     See  VEHICLES. 

WIRES.     See  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

conditions  of  maintaining  under  street     .        .       .       .  170 

WHARVES.    See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

persons   not   to   injure 229 

WEEKLY  PAYMENTS 

of    employees      .        .       .       .       .......  17 

WOMEN 

police  stations  designated  for  confinement  of  9 


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WOOD 

disposal  of,  in  streets,  etc ^34 

WORKHOUSE 

for    what   persons 214 

almshouse  to  be 214 

WORKING  DAY 

for  laborers  and  mechanics  to  be  nine  hours  .  189 


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